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 logstash-jdbc
 =============
+JDBC output plugin for Logstash.
+This plugin is provided as an external plugin and is not part of the Logstash project.
 
-JDBC output for Logstash
+Warning
+-------
+This has not yet been extensively tested with all JDBC drivers and may not yet work for you.
+
+Installation
+------------
+  - Copy logstash directory contents into your logstash installation.
+  - Add JDBC jar files to vendor/jar/jdbc in your logstash installation
+  - Configure
+
+Example configuration
+---------------------
+```output {
+	jdbc {
+		driver_class => 'com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver'
+		connection_string => "jdbc:sqlserver://server:1433;databaseName=databasename;user=username;password=password;autoReconnect=true;"
+		statement => [ "INSERT INTO filezilla (host, connection_id, timestamp, username, client, command) VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)", "%{host}", "%{connection_id}", "%{timestamp}", "%{username}", "%{client}", "%{command}" ]
+	}
+}```
+
+/* vim: set ts=4 sw=4 tw=0 :*/
diff --git a/logstash/lib/logstash/outputs/jdbc.rb b/logstash/lib/logstash/outputs/jdbc.rb
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+# encoding: utf-8
+require "logstash/outputs/base"
+require "logstash/namespace"
+
+class LogStash::Outputs::Jdbc < LogStash::Outputs::Base
+
+  config_name "jdbc"
+  milestone 1
+
+  # Driver class
+  config :driver_class, :validate => :string
+
+  # connection string
+  config :connection_string, :validate => :string, :required => true
+
+  # [ "insert into table (message) values(?)", "%{message}" ] 
+  config :statement, :validate => :array, :required => true
+  
+  public
+  def register
+    @logger.info("Starting up JDBC")
+    require 'java'
+
+    jarpath = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "../../../vendor/jar/jdbc/*.jar")
+    @logger.info(jarpath)
+    Dir[jarpath].each do |jar|
+      @logger.debug("JDBC loaded jar", :jar => jar)
+      require jar
+    end
+
+    import @driver_class
+
+    driver = Object.const_get(@driver_class[@driver_class.rindex('.') + 1, @driver_class.length]).new
+    @connection = driver.connect(@connection_string, java.util.Properties.new)
+
+    @logger.debug("JDBC", :connection => @connection)
+  end
+
+  def receive(event)
+    return unless output?(event)
+    statement = @connection.prepareStatement(@statement[0])
+    @statement[1..-1].each_with_index { |i, idx| statement.setString(idx + 1, event.sprintf(i)) }
+    @logger.debug("Sending SQL to server", :event => event, :sql => statement.toString())
+    statement.executeUpdate()
+  end
+
+end # class LogStash::Outputs::jdbc