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If you experience "java.sql.SQLException: Cannot convert value '0000-00-00 00:00:00' from column x to TIMESTAMP" you need to append &zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull to connection.url in openmrs-runtime.properties. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/782823/handling-datetime-values-0000-00-00-000000-in-jdbc

If you get this error message: "The process terminated abnormally while adding test data."  You may need to increase the value for max_allowed_packet in the runtime properties file. If you are using the standalone, it already exists as server.max_allowed_packet. So you could start by doubling its current value, and then restart the test server to try again.

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