# Cannot execute Diff because Liquibase cannot find database driver from the url hibernate:hibernate.cfg.xml

**URL:** <https://forum.liquibase.org/t/cannot-execute-diff-because-liquibase-cannot-find-database-driver-from-the-url-hibernate-hibernate-cfg-xml/2305>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [June 21, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/cannot-execute-diff-because-liquibase-cannot-find-database-driver-from-the-url-hibernate-hibernate-cfg-xml/2305 "2013-06-21T23:52:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forum.liquibase.org/u/Guest)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/cannot-execute-diff-because-liquibase-cannot-find-database-driver-from-the-url-hibernate-hibernate-cfg-xml/2305/1 "2013-06-21T23:52:00Z")

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Hello all,

I am having difficulty trying to look for a solution to execute the diff command on my project. Below is the output I get when I try to run execute diff:

“C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0\_25\bin\java” “-Dmaven.home=C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.0.5” “-Dclassworlds.conf=C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.0.5\bin\m2.conf” -Didea.launcher.port=7533 “-Didea.launcher.bin.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 12.1.3\bin” -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath “C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.0.5\boot\plexus-classworlds-2.4.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 12.1.3\lib\idea\_rt.jar” com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher --fail-fast --strict-checksums org.liquibase:liquibase-maven-plugin:3.0.0-rc2:diff

[INFO] Scanning for projects…

[INFO] &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[INFO] Building Hibernate Project 1.0-SNAPSHOT

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[INFO]&nbsp;

[INFO] — liquibase-maven-plugin:3.0.0-rc2:diff (default-cli) @ jnguyen.project —

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[INFO] Executing on Database: jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test

INFO 6/21/13 11:43 AM:liquibase: Successfully released change log lock

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[INFO] BUILD FAILURE

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[INFO] Total time: 2.325s

[INFO] Finished at: Fri Jun 21 11:43:26 CDT 2013

[INFO] Final Memory: 10M/306M

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.liquibase:liquibase-maven-plugin:3.0.0-rc2:diff (default-cli) on project jnguyen.project: Error setting up or running Liquibase: java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot find database driver: Driver class was not specified and could not be determined from the url (hibernate:src/main/resources/hibernate.cfg.xml) -\> [Help 1]

[ERROR]&nbsp;

[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.

[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.

[ERROR]&nbsp;

[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:

[ERROR] [Help 1] [http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException](http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException)

Process finished with exit code 1

Here is the plugin in the pom.xml for the liquibase-maven-plugin:

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ${project.artifactId}

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; org.liquibase

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; liquibase-maven-plugin

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3.0.0-rc2

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; db/ddl/diffchangelog.xml

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; db/ddl/changelog.xml

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; root

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; rootpass

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; hibernate:src/main/resources/hibernate.cfg.xml

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; false

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; script.sql

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Thank you

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**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forum.liquibase.org/u/Guest)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/cannot-execute-diff-because-liquibase-cannot-find-database-driver-from-the-url-hibernate-hibernate-cfg-xml/2305/2 "2013-06-21T23:52:00Z")

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I thought it would help to show the dependencies that I have too:

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; org.codehaus.grepo

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; grepo-query-hibernate

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1.5.3

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; javax.transaction

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; jta

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1.1

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; teamdev

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; slf4j-api

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1.5.8

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; org.slf4j

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; slf4j-log4j12

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1.7.5

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; javax.persistence

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; persistence-api

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1.0-rev-1

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; org.codehaus.mojo.hibernate3

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; maven-hibernate3

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2.2

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; pom

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; org.liquibase

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; liquibase-core

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3.0.0-rc2

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; mysql

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; mysql-connector-java

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5.1.25

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; org.hibernate

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; hibernate-core

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4.2.2.Final

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; org.apache.commons

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; org.apache.commons.logging

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1.0.4.v200706111724

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; log4j

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; log4j

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1.2.17

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; net.customware.liquibase

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; liquibase-hibernate

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2.1.0

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; org.apache.maven.plugin-tools

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; maven-plugin-tools-api

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3.2

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; org.apache.derby

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; derby

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10.8.2.2

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; org.hibernate

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; hibernate-envers

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4.2.2.Final

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Thank you