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Mar 29, 2026 · Backend Development

Fixing the ‘sqlSessionFactory or sqlSessionTemplate’ Required Error in Spring Boot MyBatis Integration

The article explains why a Spring Boot project using MyBatis may throw the ‘Property sqlSessionFactory or sqlSessionTemplate are required’ error and provides two concrete fixes: downgrade the spring-boot-starter-parent version and switch the MySQL driver from 8.x to 5.7.