database-conf.xml bean for SQL Server 2012 Express

<!-- bean for connecting Salesforce's Data Loader
     to SQL Server 2012 Express running on the same computer -->
<bean id="sqlServerDataSource"
      class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource"
      destroy-method="close">

    <!-- Driver class name taken from MSDN page, "Using the JDBC Driver"
         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms378526.aspx -->
    <property name="driverClassName"
              value="com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver"/>

    <!-- SQL Server connection string -->
    <property name="url"
              value="jdbc:sqlserver://localhost\SQLEXPRESS;databaseName=a_db;user=sa;password=sa_pass"/>

    <!-- username property not needed
    <property name="username" value="user"/> -->

    <!-- password property not needed
    <property name="password" value="password"/> -->
</bean>