Access to h2 web console while running junit test in a Spring application

Question

I\'m building a Spring application and I need to inspect my H2 in-memory database while I\'m running my JUnit tests from a web browser.

In my Spring configuration I

Answer 1

I guess the problem is that you are connecting to h2db directly from your application. Not through the server you are launching with bean. Because of this your app and h2db-web-interface can't share one in-memory database.

You should change jdbcUrl in tests to something like jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/mem:my_DB;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;MODE=Oracle and in browser you should connect to the same url.

With jdbc urls like jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/... all connections will go through the h2db-server and you can view database state in browser.