Vol. I · A Postgres Handbook

The Query & the Schema

A reading-room reference for writing PostgreSQL by hand — selects to window functions, with the schema in plain view.

IntermediateAdvanced PostgreSQL

Spring Boot & PG Integration: Application Properties #38

The query

SQL
-- Q: How do you configure a PostgreSQL connection in application.yml? (Variant 38)
spring:
  datasource:
    url: jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/mydb
    username: user
    password: secret
    driver-class-name: org.postgresql.Driver
Tested against PostgreSQL 16

Note

“Crucial for Spring Boot. Always use the official org.postgresql.Driver. Variant #38 focuses on basic connectivity.