The execution of this plugin's goal can be bound to a phase of the build lifecycle.
Use the <dependencies> element inside the <plugin> element to specify the artifact that has your JDBC driver.
<project> [...] <build> [...] <plugins> [...] <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>sql-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.5</version> <dependencies> <!-- specify the dependent JDBC driver here --> <dependency> <groupId></groupId> <artifactId></artifactId> <version></version> </dependency> </dependencies> <!-- common configuration shared by all executions --> <configuration> <driver></driver> <url></url> <username></username> <password></password> [...] </configuration> <executions> <execution> <phase></phase> <goals> <goal>execute</goal> </goals> <!-- specific configuration for this execution --> <configuration> <!-- specify your SQL commands, can be all of the following configurations --> <fileset></fileset> <sqlCommand></sqlCommand> <srcFiles> <srcFile></srcFile> [...] </srcFiles> </configuration> </execution> <execution> [...] </execution> [...] </executions> </plugin> [...] </plugins> [...] </build> [...] </project>