ClassNotFoundException: while connecting to external SQL

[Francesco R]

Hello

As already described here in this discussion I was implementing a plugin were I need access to MSSQL database. Using the suggested solution I build a jar containing inside the mssql-jdbc-6.2.1.jre8.jar and so it grows of about 700k. I could copy in WEB-INF/lib and use the <scope>provided</scope> in dependencies but in this case I need to copy the jar. But since this jar is already available in <installation-dir>/lib directory, is there a way to use exactly that jar without copying or bringing it inside my jar ?

Thank you