could not find method compile() for arguments

Question

I\'m trying to execute some .sql scripts and then deploy web app using gradle tomcat plugin.

But when I make any attempt to run gradl

Answer 1

The build script is mixing up buildscript dependencies (i.e.

1. dependencies of the build itself; typically this means Gradle plugins
2. with regular dependencies (i.e. dependencies of the code to be compiled/run).

2 needs to go into dependencies { ... }, not into buildscript { dependencies { ... } }.

Everything but the classpath dependencies are regular dependencies.