# Reuse db connection,driverclass, for jdbc inputs in logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reuse-db-connection-driverclass-for-jdbc-inputs-in-logstash/227808>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 13, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reuse-db-connection-driverclass-for-jdbc-inputs-in-logstash/227808 "2020-04-13T17:49:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![David\_Samm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/david_samm/32/48390_2.png) [@David\_Samm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_Samm)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reuse-db-connection-driverclass-for-jdbc-inputs-in-logstash/227808/1 "2020-04-13T17:49:32Z")

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```
input {
    jdbc {
      jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:oracle:thin:@ ***:1521/***"
   jdbc_user => "***"
   jdbc_password => "***"
   jdbc_validate_connection => true
   jdbc_driver_library => "/opt/logstash-5.5.0/ojdbc6.jar"
   jdbc_driver_class => "Java::oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver"
        statement => "SELECT ID, Field1, Field2 from tableDb1"
    }
    jdbc {
       jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:oracle:thin:@ ***:1521/***"
   jdbc_user => "***"
   jdbc_password => "***"
   jdbc_validate_connection => true
   jdbc_driver_library => "/opt/logstash-5.5.0/ojdbc6.jar"
   jdbc_driver_class => "Java::oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver"
        statement => "SELECT ID, Field3, Field4 from tableDb2"
    }
}

output {
    elasticsearch {
        index => "myIndex"
        document_type => "myDocument"
        document_id => %{id}
        hosts => "localhost"
    }
}

'Here I want to reuse the jdbc connections besides writing every time for JDBC input '
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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reuse-db-connection-driverclass-for-jdbc-inputs-in-logstash/227808/2 "2020-04-13T18:08:36Z")

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Do you mean you want the two inputs to share a connection? That's not going to happen.

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**Author:** ![David\_Samm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/david_samm/32/48390_2.png) [@David\_Samm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_Samm)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reuse-db-connection-driverclass-for-jdbc-inputs-in-logstash/227808/3 "2020-04-13T19:38:39Z")

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Yes,but excluding sql path and lastrun

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reuse-db-connection-driverclass-for-jdbc-inputs-in-logstash/227808/4 "2020-04-13T22:41:28Z")

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I do not think it is a problem to have two inputs using the same endpoint. Have you tried it? Did you have problems?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reuse-db-connection-driverclass-for-jdbc-inputs-in-logstash/227808/5 "2020-05-11T22:41:37Z")

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