diff --git a/src/main/resources/hsqldb/dropTables.txt b/src/main/resources/db/hsqldb/dropTables.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/hsqldb/dropTables.txt
rename to src/main/resources/db/hsqldb/dropTables.txt
diff --git a/src/main/resources/hsqldb/initDB.txt b/src/main/resources/db/hsqldb/initDB.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/hsqldb/initDB.txt
rename to src/main/resources/db/hsqldb/initDB.txt
diff --git a/src/main/resources/hsqldb/populateDB.txt b/src/main/resources/db/hsqldb/populateDB.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/hsqldb/populateDB.txt
rename to src/main/resources/db/hsqldb/populateDB.txt
diff --git a/src/main/resources/db/mysql/createDB.txt b/src/main/resources/db/mysql/createDB.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b4b3859e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/db/mysql/createDB.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+CREATE DATABASE petclinic;
+
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON petclinic.* TO pc@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'pc';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/db/mysql/dropDB.txt b/src/main/resources/db/mysql/dropDB.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1209da0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/db/mysql/dropDB.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DROP DATABASE petclinic;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/db/mysql/initDB.txt b/src/main/resources/db/mysql/initDB.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0007ee3a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/db/mysql/initDB.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+USE petclinic;
+
+CREATE TABLE vets (
+  id INT(4) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+  first_name VARCHAR(30),
+  last_name VARCHAR(30),
+  INDEX(last_name)
+) engine=InnoDB;
+
+CREATE TABLE specialties (
+  id INT(4) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+  name VARCHAR(80),
+  INDEX(name)
+) engine=InnoDB;
+
+CREATE TABLE vet_specialties (
+  vet_id INT(4) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
+  specialty_id INT(4) UNSIGNED NOT NULL
+) engine=InnoDB;
+ALTER TABLE vet_specialties ADD CONSTRAINT fk_vet_specialties_vets FOREIGN KEY (vet_id) REFERENCES vets(id);
+ALTER TABLE vet_specialties ADD CONSTRAINT fk_vet_specialties_specialties FOREIGN KEY (specialty_id) REFERENCES specialties(id);
+
+CREATE TABLE types (
+  id INT(4) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+  name VARCHAR(80),
+  INDEX(name)
+) engine=InnoDB;
+
+CREATE TABLE owners (
+  id INT(4) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+  first_name VARCHAR(30),
+  last_name VARCHAR(30),
+  address VARCHAR(255),
+  city VARCHAR(80),
+  telephone VARCHAR(20),
+  INDEX(last_name)
+) engine=InnoDB;
+
+CREATE TABLE pets (
+  id INT(4) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+  name VARCHAR(30),
+  birth_date DATE,
+  type_id INT(4) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
+  owner_id INT(4) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
+  INDEX(name)
+) engine=InnoDB;
+ALTER TABLE pets ADD CONSTRAINT fk_pets_owners FOREIGN KEY (owner_id) REFERENCES owners(id);
+ALTER TABLE pets ADD CONSTRAINT fk_pets_types FOREIGN KEY (type_id) REFERENCES types(id);
+CREATE INDEX pets_name ON pets(name);
+
+CREATE TABLE visits (
+  id INT(4) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+  pet_id INT(4) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
+  visit_date DATE,
+  description VARCHAR(255),
+  INDEX(pet_id)
+) engine=InnoDB;
+ALTER TABLE visits ADD CONSTRAINT fk_visits_pets FOREIGN KEY (pet_id) REFERENCES pets(id);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/db/mysql/petclinic_tomcat_mysql.xml b/src/main/resources/db/mysql/petclinic_tomcat_mysql.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1c5a3b04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/db/mysql/petclinic_tomcat_mysql.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+
+<Context path="/petclinic" docBase="petclinic" debug="4" reloadable="true">
+  <Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger" prefix="localhost_petclinic_log." suffix=".txt" timestamp="true"/>
+
+  <!-- Define a database connection pool for MYSQL -->
+  <Resource name="jdbc/petclinicMYSQL" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource"/>
+  <ResourceParams name="jdbc/petclinicMYSQL">
+    <parameter>
+      <name>factory</name>
+      <value>org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory</value>
+    </parameter>
+    
+    <parameter>
+      <name>driverClassName</name>
+      <value>org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver</value>
+    </parameter>
+    <!--
+          The JDBC connection url for connecting to your MySQL dB.
+          The autoReconnect=true argument to the url makes sure that the
+          mm.mysql JDBC Driver will automatically reconnect if mysqld closed the
+          connection.  mysqld by default closes idle connections after 8 hours.
+    -->
+    <parameter>
+      <name>url</name>
+      <value>jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/petclinic?autoReconnect=true</value>
+    </parameter>
+    <parameter>
+      <name>username</name>
+      <value>pc</value>
+    </parameter>
+    <parameter>
+      <name>password</name>
+      <value>pc</value>
+    </parameter>
+    
+    <parameter>
+      <name>maxActive</name>
+      <value>50</value>
+    </parameter>
+    <parameter>
+      <name>maxIdle</name>
+      <value>10</value>
+    </parameter>
+    <parameter>
+      <name>maxWait</name>
+      <value>10000</value>
+    </parameter>
+    <parameter>
+      <name>removeAbandoned</name>
+      <value>true</value>
+    </parameter>
+    <parameter>
+      <name>removeAbandonedTimeout</name>
+      <value>60</value>
+    </parameter>
+    <parameter>
+      <name>logAbandoned</name>
+      <value>true</value>
+    </parameter>
+  </ResourceParams>
+
+  
+</Context>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/jdbc.properties b/src/main/resources/jdbc.properties
index 47537f9cd..02bda078b 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/jdbc.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/jdbc.properties
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ jdbc.password=
 
 # Properties that control the population of schema and data for a new data source
 jdbc.populate=true
-jdbc.schemaLocation=classpath:hsqldb/initDB.txt
-jdbc.dataLocation=classpath:hsqldb/populateDB.txt
-jdbc.dropLocation=classpath:hsqldb/dropTables.txt
+jdbc.schemaLocation=classpath:db/hsqldb/initDB.txt
+jdbc.dataLocation=classpath:db/hsqldb/populateDB.txt
+jdbc.dropLocation=classpath:db/hsqldb/dropTables.txt
 
 # Property that determines which Hibernate dialect to use
 # (only applied with "applicationContext-hibernate.xml")
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ jpa.database=HSQL
 
 # Properties that control the population of schema and data for a new data source
 #jdbc.populate=false
-#jdbc.schemaLocation=
-#jdbc.dataLocation=
-#jdbc.dropLocation=
+#jdbc.schemaLocation=classpath:db/mysql/initDB.txt
+#jdbc.dataLocation=classpath:db/mysql/populateDB.txt
+#jdbc.dropLocation=classpath:db/mysql/dropTables.txt
 
 # Property that determines which Hibernate dialect to use
 # (only applied with "applicationContext-hibernate.xml")