I have this problem: I have to connect to a sql server db using sqlServerDriver in my maven project. The problem is: i can't find any repository that provide me the artifact:
<groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
<artifactId>sqljdbc4</artifactId>
<version>3.0</version>
I've read some suggestion about deploying it in it's own repository, but can i redistribuite this Microsoft artifact? Or is there any other way? like physically include the jar on the project and then instruct maven to get the jar as a resource.. (but i haven't idea if this is possible and how to make it..)
First question: "The Microsoft JDBC driver is freely redistributable under a separate Redistribution License that requires registration", as stated on their site.
Second question:
The artifact is not available via Maven Central, meaning you will need to have it deployed to your own repository (such as Nexus, Artifactory or the likes).
Alternatively, as an ugly hack which is strongly discouraged, you can have the library included in your project's directory and define a dependency to it with scope system. You can package it in your final artifact via the maven-assembly-plugin or maven-shade-plugin. (Just to re-iterate: this is highly discouraged).