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    You have several options to start HSQL. I would  chouse from couple described below:

    1. In process - by  pointing out to local folder during creating DTP Connection Profile

    2. Server - by starting it outside eclipse using command line and then  create DTP Connection Profile with local server

    In Process Option

    If  you use "in process" option you have to be aware that it is not enough  just point out folder where your database is located in connection  properties. You have to add one more segment to it with database name or  your DB will be empty (see explanation below).

     

    For  example you have HSQL DB somewhere on disk with name "employee". Im my  case I have it downloaded from here and just moved all files to local directory /home/eskimo/db/employee.  So I have in this folder structure showed below (ignore employee.lck  file it will be created after first "In process" start and not needed  initially)

     

    hsql-db-structure.png

     

    I assume you you have the same but you  need to correct all paths "/home/eskimo/db/employee" and database name  "employee" with yours real values.

     

    Then create  "Database Connection" in DTP "Data Source Explorer" View by selecting  "New..." from context menu on "Database Connections" node like

     

    hsql-new-conn-1.png

     

    Then select  "HSQLDB" connection type and enter DB name as "employee"

     

    hsql-new-conn-2.png

     

    Then I assume you already have configured  HSQL JDBC Driver and all what you need to do is enter database name again as "employee" and select its location. After that one magic step is needed (it could be DTP issue). Add one more segment "/employee" in "Database Location" like it shown below. Do not forget to clear "Connect when wizard completes" checkbox because it will start "In Process" HSQL after wizard is finished and create employee.lck file in  your database folder. This file will be the reason Seam why Seam Entity  Generation wizard will fail during execution. Use 'Optional' tab to define hsqldb.lock_file=false to fix this problem like it is shown below

     

    hsql-new-conn-3.png

     

    dtp-connection-props.png

     

     

    Press Finish and check the "employee" node created under "Database Connections".

     

    Now you're ready  to create Seam Web project using "New Seam Web Project" wizard like it is shown below (it shows only first and last steps because all other steps I left unchanged with default values).

     

    seam-new-1.png

     

    Then comes screens I left unchanged and  finally you get to last one with seam configuration. You should have  seam 2.1 configured and all what you need is to fill Database properties  like it shown below and press "Finish".

     

    seam-new-2.png

     

    After wizard is finished you should see  two projects prj1 and prj1-test in your workspace. Now to be ready for  entities reverse engineering from your database you need to be sure  hsqldb.jar is available in your Server classpath container or in  prj1/WebContent/WEB-INF/lib folder. If you don't have hsqldb.jar there  "Generate Seam Entities" will fail with ClassNotFound Exception, because  it will not be able to find HSQL JDBC driver class.

     

    Now you're ready  to go. Switch to Seam Perspective and select "Generate Seam Entiies"  from context menu on prj1 project

     

    seam-gen-entities-1.png

     

    Leave first step unchanged like it shown  below and press "Next"

     

    seam-gen-entities-2.png

     

    On second step press "Refresh" button and  make sure it shows all tables form database as it shown below. If there  are no tables most likely HSQL connection is not correctly configured.  To generate Seam Entities and xhtml pages press "Finish".

     

    seam-gen-entities-3.png

     

    You should  get bunch of generated classes in source folder and pages in WebContent.

    Server Option

    You  need to start HSQL as Server first using command line. Open console and  change your directory to database directory like

     

    $ cd /home/eskimo/db/employee
    

     

    Then  start HSQL server in Server Mode like

     

    $java -cp /home/eskimo/Java/hsqldb/lib/hsqldb.jar org.hsqldb.Server
    

     

    You  should see output like

     

    [Server@19106c7]: [Thread[main,5,main]]: checkRunning(false) entered
    [Server@19106c7]: [Thread[main,5,main]]: checkRunning(false) exited
    [Server@19106c7]: Startup sequence initiated from main() method
    [Server@19106c7]: Loaded properties from [/home/eskimo/db/employee/server.properties]
    [Server@19106c7]: Initiating startup sequence...
    [Server@19106c7]: Server socket opened successfully in 8 ms.
    [Server@19106c7]: Database [index=0, id=0, db=file:employee, alias=] opened sucessfully in 690 ms.
    [Server@19106c7]: Startup sequence completed in 699 ms.
    [Server@19106c7]: 2010-02-25 13:37:54.016 HSQLDB server 1.8.1 is online
    [Server@19106c7]: To close normally, connect and execute SHUTDOWN SQL
    [Server@19106c7]: From command line, use [Ctrl]+[C] to abort abruptly
    

     

    It starts by  default in silent mode. If you want to see what's going one just change  property server.silent in server.properties file from true to false and your output will look like

     

    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[main,5,main]]: checkRunning(false) entered
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[main,5,main]]: checkRunning(false) exited
    [Server@34a1fc]: Startup sequence initiated from main() method
    [Server@34a1fc]: Loaded properties from [/home/eskimo/db/employee/server.properties]
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[main,5,main]]: start() entered
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: run() entered
    [Server@34a1fc]: Initiating startup sequence...
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: server.tls=false
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: server.port=1701
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: server.trace=false
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: server.database.0=employee
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: server.restart_on_shutdown=false
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: server.no_system_exit=false
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: server.silent=false
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: server.default_page=index.html
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: server.address=0.0.0.0
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: server.dbname.0=
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: server.root=.
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: openServerSocket() entered
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: Got server socket: ServerSocket[addr=0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0,port=0,localport=1701]
    [Server@34a1fc]: Server socket opened successfully in 4 ms.
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: openServerSocket() exiting
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: openDatabases() entered
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: Opening database: [file:employee]
    [Server@34a1fc]: Database [index=0, id=0, db=file:employee, alias=] opened sucessfully in 696 ms.
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[HSQLDB Server @34a1fc,5,main]]: openDatabases() exiting
    [Server@34a1fc]: Startup sequence completed in 701 ms.
    [Server@34a1fc]: 2010-02-25 13:41:49.516 HSQLDB server 1.8.1 is online
    [Server@34a1fc]: To close normally, connect and execute SHUTDOWN SQL
    [Server@34a1fc]: From command line, use [Ctrl]+[C] to abort abruptly
    [Server@34a1fc]: [Thread[main,5,main]]: start() exiting
    

     

    Starting  HSQL as Servers you should not worry about employee.lck anymore and can  leave "Connect when wizard completes" checkbox selected during creating  new HSQL Database Connection, but Database Location should be changed  to hsql://localhost:1701 in second step of "New Database  Connection" Wizard like

     

    hsql-new-conn-server-mode.png

     

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