h2 (embedded mode ) database files problem

Question

There is a h2-database file in my src directory (Java, Eclipse): h2test.db

The problem:

• starting the h2.jar from the command line (and thus the h2 browser interface on port 8082), I have created 2 tables, 'test1' and 'test2' in h2test.db and I have put some data in them;

• when trying to access them from java code (JDBC), it throws me "table not found exception". A "show tables" from the java code shows a resultset with 0 rows.

• Also, when creating a new table ('newtest') from the java code (CREATE TABLE ... etc), I cannot see it when starting the h2.jar browser interface afterwards; just the other two tables ('test1' and 'test2') are shown (but then the newly created table 'newtest' is accessible from the java code).

I'm inexperienced with embedded databases; I believe I'm doing something fundamentally wrong here. My assumption is, that I'm accessing the same file - once from the java app, and once from the h2 console-browser interface. I cannot seem to understand it, what am I doing wrong here?

EDIT: as requested, adding some code:

Java code:

Class.forName("org.h2.Driver");
String url = "jdbc:h2:" + "db/h2test.db";
String user = "aeter"; 
String password = "aeter"; 
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password);
PreparedStatement ps2 = conn.prepareStatement("Show tables;");
ResultSet rs = ps2.executeQuery();

This resultset has 0 rows (no tables), instead of showing me the 2 tables.

H2 Console-browser interface settings:

Settings: Generic h2(embedded)
driver class: org.h2.Driver
JDBC URL: jdbc:h2:../../workspace/project_name/src/db/h2test.db
user name: aeter
password: aeter 

EDIT2: I copied the database to a new folder. Now the db file in the new folder is shown with the 'newtest' table (from the java code) and with the 'test1' and 'test2' tables (from the console-browser h2 interface) - exactly the same way the older db file was shown. So the problem persists with the copy of the db file.

Answer 1

For embedded mode, you'll need to check the path. For example, use a path relative to your home directory:

"jdbc:h2:file:~/db/h2test.db"

To be sure, use a full path:

"jdbc:h2:file:/users/aeter/db/h2test.db"

For convenience, append ;IFEXISTS=TRUE to avoid creating spurious database files.

See Connecting to a Database using JDBC for more.

H2 Server URLs are relative to the -baseDir specified as a parameter to main().