Spring-boot: Failed to determine a suitable driver class

[ghsatpute]

Spring Boot Version: 2.0.3.RELEASE

application.properties

###--- Database   ---###
spring.datasource.url = jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydb
spring.datasource.username = root
spring.datasource.password = password
spring.datasource.platform = mysql
spring.datasource.driver-class-name = com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto = create
spring.jpa.hibernate.naming-strategy = org.hibernate.cfg.ImprovedNamingStrategy

Pom.xml contains

    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.3.RELEASE</version>
        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>

    ... 
        <!-- Database dependencies -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

When I run my application, I get following error

Error starting ApplicationContext. To display the conditions report re-run your application with 'debug' enabled.
2018-07-17 12:31:12.528 ERROR 15387 --- [           main] o.s.b.d.LoggingFailureAnalysisReporter   : 

***************************
APPLICATION FAILED TO START
***************************

Description:

Failed to configure a DataSource: 'url' attribute is not specified and no embedded datasource could be configured.

Reason: Failed to determine a suitable driver class


Action:

Consider the following:
    If you want an embedded database (H2, HSQL or Derby), please put it on the classpath.
    If you have database settings to be loaded from a particular profile you may need to activate it (no profiles are currently active).

After searching for a bit, I found that if I use earlier versions like 1.5.13.RELEASE this doesn't happen.

[snicoll]

Failure analysis doesn't match the bits of configuration you've shared. It's a bit unclear at this point where the problem can be. Rather than pasting code in text, please share a sample we can clone and run that reproduces the problem.

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[charboubmustapha]

Hello ,
I have the same issue using the version 2.0.0.RELEASE of spring boot using the configuration bellow :
spring: dao: exceptiontranslation: enabled: false datasource: url: jdbc:postgresql://localhost:35432/db?binaryTransferEnable=142 hikari: pool-name: junit-pool username: username password: password driver-class-name: org.postgresql.Driver

[snicoll]

@MustaphaCh thank you for trying to help but that's not a sample we can clone and run ourselves. If you have one, we're more than happy to have a look.

[charboubmustapha]

@snicoll i attach the application.yml you could you check my configuration please ?
application.zip

[snicoll]

@MustaphaCh thanks again but a configuration file is not a sample that we can run ourselves.

[charboubmustapha]

@snicoll sorry the problem is fixed it was related to a profile.

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Closing due to lack of requested feedback. If you would like us to look at this issue, please provide the requested information and we will re-open the issue.

[ghsatpute]

Apologies for replying late, I was not able to isolate the issue but now I did and came here to give the solution.

My application organization looked like below
Commons | ↓ Module1
Commons was a parent to Module1.

I had created a BaseEntity having JPA annotations in my commons module. The commons dependency was specified as

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
        </dependency>

Once I added the <scope>provided</scope>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>

The issue got resolved for me. Unfortunately, I'm not able to do further analysis nor I can share the code.

[darm191065]

the same issue worked for me on the same release

Thank for the fix mate

[abhishekkarigar]

make sure the mysql is started ,
and update the application,properties

[Tsakirogf]

This fix worked for me as well, good job @ghsatpute.However I would like to put my experience. My project was working perfectly with Eclipse. I didn't have any problem with it before I move the project to intellij. Going back to eclipse and removing your fix, works.

[ghsatpute]

@Tsakirogf always happy to help.
For me, it did work on IntelliJ after the fix.

[Tsakirogf]

Yes as I said, it worked for me.What I wanted to spot is that without the fix it was working for Eclipse.

[oselene]

please can you explain where i can find the commons and module1 you identified in your explanation

[ghsatpute]

@oselene Those are my projects and taken here as an example. For you, those modules would be different.

[Vyomsoft]

Hello,
I am facing the same issue with Spring boot 2.1.2 release

[snicoll]

@premierDE that comment is not very helpful. If you need help, please consider asking a question on StackOverflow or join the community on Gitter. If you believe you've found a bug in Spring Boot, attach a minimal sample we can run ourselves and we can reopen this issue.

[trantienduchn]

I got the same problem with spring-boot 2.1.3 RELEASE. I marked my project with <packaging>pom</packaging> (stupid) so It didn't work, removing this resolved my issue.

[shaileshoptimizeq]

```
jar
war

```choose any of the above if you don't have any sub module in project.