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Servoy can connect to any type of database that supports JDBC connections.

By default, Servoy comes bundled with the PostgreSQL engine, a repository database and a set of sample databases, but the installation of the engine and databases is optional in the installer.

The In order to be able to start, the Servoy Application Server requires a connection to the Servoy Repository in order to start. See Servoy Repository for more information. When using existing databases, make sure that a valid connection to a properly configured Servoy Repository is available to the Servoy Application Server.

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titleUsing an existing database for the [Servoy Repository]

The steps above leave the servoy_repository database in place, to act as database for the Servoy Repository, although its possible to use another database. See Servoy Repository upgrade for information on creating the Servoy Repository tables in an existing database. See Database Servers for more information on how to configure the 'repository_server' server connection to point to the existing database

Not using the bundled

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PostgreSQL database engine

When not using the Sybase SQL Anywhere PostgreSQL database engine, the option can be unchecked in the installer. This will skip the installation of the Sybase SQL Anywhere PostgreSQL database engine, the repository database and the sample databases.

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