diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 151579d..93b3729 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -5,11 +5,20 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = 'eu.openaire.urls_controller'
-version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
+version = '1.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
 sourceCompatibility = '1.8'
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
+    maven {
+        name "icm"
+        url "http://maven.icm.edu.pl/artifactory/repo/"
+        allowInsecureProtocol = true
+    }
+    maven {
+        name "pentaho-repo"
+        url "https://public.nexus.pentaho.org/content/groups/omni/"
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -32,13 +41,18 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.22"
 
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.guava/guava
-    implementation group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '30.1.1-jre'
+    implementation group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '31.0.1-jre'
 
-    implementation "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20"
-    implementation group: 'javax.validation', name: 'validation-api', version: '2.0.1.Final'
+    // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.cloudera.impala/jdbc
+    implementation group: 'com.cloudera.impala', name: 'jdbc', version: '2.5.31'
 
-    testImplementation group: 'org.springframework.security', name: 'spring-security-test', version: springSecurityVersion
-    testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.springframework.security', name: 'spring-security-test'
+    testImplementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test"
+}
+
+configurations {
+    // Eliminates slf4j-log4j12
+    all*.exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-log4j12'
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/Application.java b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/Application.java
index 8fb2bef..9dbc78e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/Application.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/Application.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package eu.openaire.urls_controller;
 
 
+import eu.openaire.urls_controller.configuration.ImpalaConnector;
 import eu.openaire.urls_controller.util.UriBuilder;
 import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfigurationSource;
 import org.springframework.web.cors.UrlBasedCorsConfigurationSource;
 
+import javax.annotation.PreDestroy;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
@@ -36,6 +38,14 @@ public class Application {
     }
 
 
+    @PreDestroy
+    public static void preDestroy()
+    {
+        if ( ImpalaConnector.hikariDataSource != null )
+            ImpalaConnector.hikariDataSource.close();
+    }
+
+
     @Bean
     public CommandLineRunner setServerBaseUrl(Environment environment)
     {
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/components/ScheduledTasks.java b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/components/ScheduledTasks.java
index 5fd3181..311ebca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/components/ScheduledTasks.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/components/ScheduledTasks.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class ScheduledTasks {
 
     private static final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
 
-    @Scheduled(fixedRate = 600_000)   // TODO - Change to every 10 mins: 600_000
+    //@Scheduled(fixedRate = 600_000)   // Run every 10 mins: 600_000
     public void reportCurrentTime() {
         logger.info("Server is live! Time is now {}", dateFormat.format(new Date()));
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/configuration/ImpalaConnector.java b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/configuration/ImpalaConnector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..265e0e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/configuration/ImpalaConnector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+package eu.openaire.urls_controller.configuration;
+
+import com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig;
+import com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import java.beans.PropertyVetoException;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.sql.*;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
+
+
+public final class ImpalaConnector {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ImpalaConnector.class);
+
+    public static String impalaDriver;
+    public static String impalaConnectionUrl;
+    public static String poolName;
+    public static int hikariMaxConnectionPoolSize;
+    public static int hikariMinIdleConnections;
+    public static int hikariConnectionTimeOut;
+    public static int hikariIdleTimeOut;
+    public static int hikariMaxLifetime;
+
+    public static String oldDatabaseName = "pdfaggregation_i";
+    public static String databaseName = "pdfAggregationDatabase";
+
+    public static final Lock databaseLock = new ReentrantLock(true);  // This lock is locking the threads trying to execute queries in the database.
+
+    public static HikariDataSource hikariDataSource;
+
+    private static final ImpalaConnector singletonObject = new ImpalaConnector();
+
+    public static ImpalaConnector getInstance()
+    {
+       return singletonObject;
+    }
+
+
+    public HikariDataSource impalaDS() throws SQLException, PropertyVetoException
+    {
+        HikariConfig hikariConfig = new HikariConfig();
+        hikariConfig.setDriverClassName(ImpalaConnector.impalaDriver);
+        hikariConfig.setAutoCommit(true);
+        hikariConfig.setJdbcUrl(ImpalaConnector.impalaConnectionUrl);
+        hikariConfig.setPoolName(poolName);
+        hikariConfig.setMaximumPoolSize(hikariMaxConnectionPoolSize);
+        hikariConfig.setMaxLifetime(hikariMaxLifetime);
+        hikariConfig.setMinimumIdle(hikariMinIdleConnections);
+        hikariConfig.setConnectionTimeout(hikariConnectionTimeOut);
+        hikariConfig.setIdleTimeout(hikariIdleTimeOut);
+        return new HikariDataSource(hikariConfig);
+    }
+
+
+    public ImpalaConnector()
+    {
+        logger.info("Max available memory to the Controller: " +  Runtime.getRuntime().maxMemory() + " bytes.");
+
+        try {
+            String dbSettingsPropertyFile = System.getProperty("user.dir") + File.separator + "src" + File.separator + "main" + File.separator + "resources" + File.separator + "application.properties";
+            FileReader fReader = new FileReader(dbSettingsPropertyFile);
+            Properties props = new Properties();
+            props.load(fReader);    // Load jdbc related properties.
+
+            // Get each property value.
+            impalaDriver = props.getProperty("spring.impala.driver-class-name");
+            if ( !"".equals(impalaDriver) ) { // If not "null" or empty.
+                Class.forName(impalaDriver);
+                impalaConnectionUrl = props.getProperty("spring.impala.url");
+                poolName = props.getProperty("spring.datasource.hikari.pool-name");
+                hikariMaxConnectionPoolSize = Integer.parseInt(props.getProperty("spring.datasource.hikari.maximumPoolSize"));
+                hikariMaxLifetime = Integer.parseInt(props.getProperty("spring.datasource.hikari.maxLifetime"));
+                hikariMinIdleConnections = Integer.parseInt(props.getProperty("spring.datasource.hikari.minimumIdle"));
+                hikariConnectionTimeOut = Integer.parseInt(props.getProperty("spring.datasource.hikari.connectionTimeout"));
+                hikariIdleTimeOut = Integer.parseInt(props.getProperty("spring.datasource.hikari.idleTimeout"));
+            } else
+                throw new RuntimeException("The \"impalaDriver\" was null or empty!");
+        } catch(Exception e) {
+            logger.error("Error when loading the database properties!\n" + e.getMessage());
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            System.exit(11);
+        }
+
+        try {
+            hikariDataSource = impalaDS();
+        } catch (SQLException | PropertyVetoException e) {
+            logger.error("Problem when creating the Hikari connection pool!");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        createDatabase();
+    }
+
+
+    public void createDatabase()
+    {
+        databaseLock.lock();    // Make sure the database and tables are created before the workers can request assignments.
+        Connection con = getConnection();
+        if ( con == null ) {
+            databaseLock.unlock();
+            System.exit(22);
+        }
+
+        try {
+            if ( !con.getMetaData().supportsBatchUpdates() )
+                logger.warn("The database does not support \"BatchUpdates\"!");
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        logger.info("Going to create the database and the tables, if they do not exist. Also will fill some tables with data from OpenAIRE.");
+        Statement statement = null;
+        try {
+            statement = con.createStatement();
+        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+            logger.error("Problem when creating a connection-statement!\n" + sqle.getMessage());
+            try {
+                con.close();
+            } catch (SQLException sqle2) {
+                logger.error("Could not close the connection with the Impala-database.\n" + sqle2.getMessage());
+            }
+            databaseLock.unlock();
+            System.exit(33);
+        }
+
+        try {
+            statement.execute("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS " + databaseName);
+
+            statement.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + databaseName + ".publication stored as parquet as select * from " + oldDatabaseName + ".publication");
+            statement.execute("COMPUTE STATS " + databaseName + ".publication");
+
+            statement.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + databaseName + ".publication_pids stored as parquet as select * from " + oldDatabaseName + ".publication_pids");
+            statement.execute("COMPUTE STATS " + databaseName + ".publication_pids");
+
+            statement.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + databaseName + ".publication_urls stored as parquet as select * from " + oldDatabaseName + ".publication_urls");
+            statement.execute("COMPUTE STATS " + databaseName + ".publication_urls");
+
+            statement.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + databaseName + ".datasource stored as parquet as select * from " + oldDatabaseName + ".datasource");
+            statement.execute("COMPUTE STATS " + databaseName + ".datasource");
+
+            statement.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + databaseName + ".assignment (id string, original_url string, workerid string, `date` timestamp) stored as parquet");
+            statement.execute("COMPUTE STATS " + databaseName + ".assignment");
+
+            statement.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + databaseName + ".attempt (id string, original_url string, `date` timestamp, status string, error_class string, error_message string) stored as parquet");
+            statement.execute("COMPUTE STATS " + databaseName + ".attempt");
+
+            statement.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + databaseName + ".payload (id string, original_url string, actual_url string, `date` timestamp, mimetype string, size string, `hash` string, `location` string, provenance string) stored as parquet");
+            statement.execute("COMPUTE STATS " + databaseName + ".payload");
+        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+            logger.error("Problem when executing the \"create database and create tables queries!\n" + sqle.getMessage() + "\nSQL state: " + sqle.getSQLState() + "\nError code: " + sqle.getErrorCode());
+            sqle.printStackTrace();
+            System.exit(44);
+        } finally {
+            databaseLock.unlock();
+            try {
+                statement.close();
+                con.close();
+            } catch (SQLException sqle2) {
+                logger.error("Could not close the connection with the Impala-database.\n" + sqle2.getMessage());
+            }
+        }
+
+        logger.info("The database \"" + databaseName + "\" and its tables were created or validated.");
+    }
+
+
+    public Connection getConnection()
+    {
+        try {
+            return hikariDataSource.getConnection();
+            //return DriverManager.getConnection(impalaConnectionUrl, null, null);  // This is for non pooled connections.
+        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+            logger.error("Problem when connecting with the Impala-database!\n" + sqle.getMessage());
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    public boolean testDatabaseAccess()
+    {
+        logger.info("Going to test Impala access..");
+        Connection con = getConnection();
+        if ( con == null )
+            return false;
+
+        ResultSet res = null;
+        try {
+            String tableName = "publication";
+
+            // show tables
+            String sql = "show tables '" + tableName + "'";
+            logger.debug("Running: " + sql);
+            res = con.prepareStatement(sql).executeQuery();
+            if ( res.next() ) {
+                logger.debug(res.getString(1));
+            }
+
+            // describe table
+            sql = "describe " + tableName;
+            logger.debug("Running: " + sql);
+            res = con.prepareStatement(sql).executeQuery();
+            while ( res.next() ) {
+                logger.debug(res.getString(1) + "\t" + res.getString(2));
+            }
+
+            // select * query
+            sql = "select * from " + tableName + " limit 3;";
+            logger.debug("Running: " + sql);
+            res = con.prepareStatement(sql).executeQuery();
+            while ( res.next() ) {
+                logger.debug(res.getString(1));
+            }
+
+            // Get Assignments, only for testing here.
+            //UrlController urlController = new UrlController();
+            //ResponseEntity<?> responseEntity = urlController.getUrls("worker_1", ControllerConstants.ASSIGNMENTS_LIMIT);
+            //logger.debug(responseEntity.toString());
+
+        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+            sqle.printStackTrace();
+            return false;
+        } finally {
+            try {
+                if ( res != null )
+                    res.close();
+                con.close();
+            } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+                logger.error("Could not close the connection with the Impala-database.\n" + sqle);
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/controllers/ImpalaController.java b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/controllers/ImpalaController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..360042e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/controllers/ImpalaController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package eu.openaire.urls_controller.controllers;
+
+import eu.openaire.urls_controller.configuration.ImpalaConnector;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@RestController
+@RequestMapping("/impala")
+public class ImpalaController {
+
+    // This controller will test the connectivity with the database and return statistics!
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ImpalaController.class);
+
+
+    @GetMapping("get10PublicationIdsTest")
+    public ResponseEntity<?> get10PublicationIdsTest() {
+
+        Connection con = ImpalaConnector.getInstance().getConnection();
+        if ( con == null )
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body("Problem when connecting with the Impala-database!");
+
+        String query = "SELECT id FROM publication LIMIT 10;";
+
+        try ( ResultSet res = con.prepareStatement(query).executeQuery()) {
+            if ( !res.first() ) {
+                String errorMsg = "No results retrieved from the \"getAssignmentsQuery\"!";
+                logger.error(errorMsg);
+                return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
+            }
+
+            List<String> publications = new ArrayList<>();
+            do {
+                publications.add(res.getString(0));
+            } while ( res.next() );
+
+            return new ResponseEntity<String>(publications.toString(), HttpStatus.OK);
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            String errorMsg = "Problem when executing \"getAssignmentsQuery\": " + query;
+            logger.error(errorMsg);
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
+        } finally {
+            try {
+                con.close();
+            } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+                logger.error("Could not close the connection with the Impala-database.\n" + sqle);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/controllers/UrlController.java b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/controllers/UrlController.java
index d9cbaa6..4e3803c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/controllers/UrlController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/controllers/UrlController.java
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 package eu.openaire.urls_controller.controllers;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.HashMultimap;
-import eu.openaire.urls_controller.models.Assignment;
-import eu.openaire.urls_controller.models.Datasource;
-import eu.openaire.urls_controller.models.Task;
+import eu.openaire.urls_controller.configuration.ImpalaConnector;
+import eu.openaire.urls_controller.models.Error;
+import eu.openaire.urls_controller.models.*;
 import eu.openaire.urls_controller.payloads.requests.WorkerReport;
 import eu.openaire.urls_controller.payloads.responces.AssignmentResponse;
-//import eu.openaire.urls_controller.repositories.AssignmentRepository;
 import eu.openaire.urls_controller.util.ControllerConstants;
 import eu.openaire.urls_controller.util.FileUtils;
 import eu.openaire.urls_controller.util.GenericUtils;
@@ -16,6 +15,9 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
 
+import java.sql.*;
+
+import java.sql.Date;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
@@ -25,72 +27,520 @@ public class UrlController {
 
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UrlController.class);
 
-
-    private static AtomicLong assignmentCounter = new AtomicLong(0);    // Just for the "getTestUrls"-endpoint.
-
-    }
+    private static final AtomicLong assignmentsBatchCounter = new AtomicLong(0);    // Just for the "getTestUrls"-endpoint.
 
 
     @GetMapping("")
     public ResponseEntity<?> getUrls(@RequestParam String workerId, @RequestParam int workerAssignmentsLimit) {
 
-        List<Task> tasks = new ArrayList<>();
+        logger.info("Worker with id: \"" + workerId + "\", requested " + workerAssignmentsLimit + " assignments. The assignments-limit of the controller is: " + ControllerConstants.ASSIGNMENTS_LIMIT);
 
-        // TODO - Create the Assignment from the id-urls stored in the database up to the tasks-limit.
+        // Create the Assignments from the id-urls stored in the database up to the < assignmentsLimit >.
 
-        // TODO - Make sure the Date is the same for all entries!
-        Date date = new Date(); // Store it here, in order to have the same for sure.
+        // Sanitize the "assignmentsLimit". Do not let an overload happen in the Controller's or the Impala's server.
+        int assignmentsLimit = workerAssignmentsLimit;
+        if ( assignmentsLimit == 0 ) {
+            String errorMsg = "The given \"workerAssignmentsLimit\" was ZERO!";
+            logger.error(errorMsg);
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST).body(errorMsg);
+        } else if ( assignmentsLimit > ControllerConstants.ASSIGNMENTS_LIMIT ) {
+            logger.warn("The given \"workerAssignmentsLimit\" (" + workerAssignmentsLimit + ") was larger than the Controller's limit (" + ControllerConstants.ASSIGNMENTS_LIMIT + "). Will use the Controller's limit.");
+            assignmentsLimit = ControllerConstants.ASSIGNMENTS_LIMIT;
+        }
 
 
-        int assignmentsLimit = ControllerConstants.ASSIGNMENTS_LIMIT;
-        if ( assignmentsLimit > workerAssignmentsLimit )
-            assignmentsLimit = workerAssignmentsLimit;
+        String getAssignmentsQuery = "select pubid, url, datasourceid, datasourcetype\n" +
+                "from (select distinct pubid, url, datasourceid, datasourcetype, attempt_count from (\n" +
+                "select  p.id as pubid, pu.url as url, d.id as datasourceid, d.type as datasourcetype, attempts.counts as attempt_count\n" +
+                "from " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + ".publication p\n" +
+                "join " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + ".publication_urls pu on pu.id=p.id\n" +
+                "join " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + ".datasource d on d.id=p.datasourceid\n" +
+                "left outer join (select count(a.id) as counts, a.id from " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + ".attempt a group by a.id) as attempts on attempts.id=p.id\n" +
+                "left outer join (\n" +
+                "  select a.id, a.original_url from " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + ".assignment a\n" +
+                "  union all\n" +
+                "  select pl.id, pl.original_url from " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + ".payload pl) as existing on existing.id=p.id and existing.original_url=pu.url\n" +
+                "where d.allow_harvest=true and existing.id is null and coalesce(attempts.counts, 0) <= ? and not exists (select 1 from " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + ".attempt a where a.id=p.id and a.error_class = 'noRetry')\n" +
+                ") as non_distinct_results\n" +
+                "order by coalesce(attempt_count, 0), reverse(pubid), url\n" +
+                "limit ?) as getAssignmentsQuery";
 
+        // The "order by" in the end makes sure the older attempted records will be re-attempted after a long time.
 
-        int tasksLimitForAssignment = ControllerConstants.ASSIGNMENTS_LIMIT;
-        if ( tasksLimitForAssignment > workerTasksLimit )
-            tasksLimitForAssignment = workerTasksLimit;
+        // TODO - If we add more limits it could be faster.. Inner queries could have a limit of e.g. < assignmentsLimit ^ 2 >
+        // The LIMIT of < assignmentsLimit > should be kept in the end, as we want 10_000 of distinct results.
 
-        List<Assignment> assignments = null; // TODO ->  // assignmentRepository.getNewAssignments(tasksLimitForAssignment);
+        // This is just for tests without the attempts, payloads and the assignments
+        /*String getAssignmentsQuery = "select * from (select distinct pubid, url, datasourceid, datasourcetype from (\n" +
+                "select  p.id as pubid, pu.url as url, d.id as datasourceid, d.type as datasourcetype\n" +
+                "from " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + ".publication p\n" +
+                "join " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + ".publication_urls pu on pu.id=p.id\n" +
+                "join " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + ".datasource d on d.id=p.datasourceid\n" +
+                "where d.allow_harvest=true " +
+                "order by reverse(p.id), pu.url) as distinct_results\n" +
+                "limit ? ) as getAssignmentsQuery";*/
 
-        //Assignment assignment = new Assignment(assignmentId, tasks, workerId, date);
+        List<Assignment> assignments = new ArrayList<>(assignmentsLimit);
 
-        // TODO - Write the Assignment details to the database and then send it to the worker.
+        ImpalaConnector.databaseLock.lock();
 
-        logger.info("Sending assignment_" + assignmentCounter.incrementAndGet() + " to worker with ID: " + workerId);
+        Connection con = ImpalaConnector.getInstance().getConnection();
+        if ( con == null ) {    // This is already logged in "getConnection()".
+            ImpalaConnector.databaseLock.unlock();
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body("Problem when connecting with the Impala-database!");
+        }
 
-        return ResponseEntity.status(200).header("Content-Type", "application/json").body(new AssignmentResponse(assignmentCounter.get(), assignments));
+        PreparedStatement getAssignmentsPreparedStatement = null;
+        try {
+            getAssignmentsPreparedStatement = con.prepareStatement(getAssignmentsQuery);
+            getAssignmentsPreparedStatement.setInt(1, ControllerConstants.MAX_ATTEMPTS_PER_RECORD);
+            getAssignmentsPreparedStatement.setInt(2, assignmentsLimit);
+        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+            ImpalaConnector.databaseLock.unlock();
+            String errorMsg = "Problem when creating the prepared statement for \"getAssignmentsQuery\"!\n";
+            logger.error(errorMsg + sqle.getMessage());
+            try {
+                if ( getAssignmentsPreparedStatement != null )
+                    getAssignmentsPreparedStatement.close();
+            } catch (SQLException sqle2) {
+                logger.error("Could not close the \"getAssignmentsPreparedStatement\".\n" + sqle2.getMessage());
+            }
+            try {
+                con.close();
+            } catch (SQLException sqle2) {
+                logger.error("Could not close the connection with the Impala-database.\n" + sqle2.getMessage());
+            }
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
+        }
+
+        Date date = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()); // Store it here, in order to have the same for all current records.
+
+        try ( ResultSet resultSet = getAssignmentsPreparedStatement.executeQuery() ) {
+            // Unfortunately, we cannot use the following as the used version of the Impala-driver does not support it.
+           /*if ( !resultSet.first() ) {
+                ImpalaConnector.databaseLock.unlock();
+                String errorMsg = "No results retrieved from the \"getAssignmentsQuery\" for worker with id: " + workerId;
+                logger.error(errorMsg);
+                return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
+            }*/
+
+            // The cursor is automatically before the first element in this configuration.
+            while ( resultSet.next() ) {
+                // The following few lines, cannot be outside the "while" loop, since the same record is returned, despite that we update the inner-values.
+                Assignment assignment = new Assignment();
+                assignment.setWorkerId(workerId);
+                assignment.setDate(date);
+                Datasource datasource = new Datasource();
+                try {   // For each of the 4 columns returned. The indexing starts from  1
+                    assignment.setId(resultSet.getString(1));
+                    assignment.setOriginalUrl(resultSet.getString(2));
+                    datasource.setId(resultSet.getString(3));
+                    datasource.setName(resultSet.getString(4));
+                } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+                    logger.error("No value was able to be retrieved from one of the columns of row_" + resultSet.getRow());
+                    sqle.printStackTrace();
+                    continue;   // This object is broken, move to the next row.
+                }
+                assignment.setDatasource(datasource);
+                assignments.add(assignment);
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            ImpalaConnector.databaseLock.unlock();
+            String errorMsg = "Problem when executing the \"getAssignmentsQuery\"!\n";
+            logger.error(errorMsg, e);
+            try {
+                con.close();
+            } catch (SQLException sqle2) {
+                logger.error("Could not close the connection with the Impala-database.\n" + sqle2.getMessage());
+            }
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
+        } finally {
+            try {
+                getAssignmentsPreparedStatement.close();
+            } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+                logger.error("Failed to close the \"getAssignmentsPreparedStatement\"!\n" + sqle.getMessage());
+            }
+        }
+
+        int assignmentsSize = assignments.size();
+        if ( assignmentsSize == 0 ) {
+            ImpalaConnector.databaseLock.unlock();
+            String errorMsg = "No results retrieved from the \"getAssignmentsQuery\" for worker with id: " + workerId;
+            logger.error(errorMsg);
+            try {
+                con.close();
+            } catch (SQLException sqle2) {
+                logger.error("Could not close the connection with the Impala-database.\n" + sqle2.getMessage());
+            }
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
+        }
+
+        logger.debug("Finished gathering " + assignmentsSize + " assignments for worker with id \"" + workerId + "\". Going to insert them into the \"assignment\" table and then return them to the worker.");
+
+        // The following is a test of inserting multiple rows with a singme insert-query. If applied with a preparedStatement, then the JDBC fails with "OutOfMemory"-Error.
+        /*String testInsert = "INSERT INTO assignment (id,original_url,workerid,`date`) VALUES  ( 'doiboost____::4e8b1f12ac3ba5a9d8fbff9872000000', 'http://dx.doi.org/10.17267/2596-3368dentistry.v6i2.586', 'worker_1', CAST('2021-10-01' AS TIMESTAMP) ) , ( 'doiboost____::4e8b1f12ac3ba5a9d8fbff9872000000', 'https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2887540302', 'worker_1', CAST('2021-10-01' AS TIMESTAMP) );";
+        try (Statement insertStatement = con.createStatement()) {
+            insertStatement.execute(testInsert);
+        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+            ImpalaConnector.databaseLock.unlock();
+            String mergeErrorMsg = "Problem when executing the testInsert statement for \"" + testInsert + "\"";
+            logger.error(mergeErrorMsg + sqle.getMessage());
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(mergeErrorMsg);
+        }*/
+
+        // Write the Assignment details to the database and then send it to the worker.
+        String insertIntoAssignmentBaseQuery = "INSERT INTO " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + ".assignment (id, original_url, workerid, date) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)";
+
+        PreparedStatement preparedInsertAssignmentStatement;
+        try {   // We use a "PreparedStatement" to do insertions, for security and performance reasons.
+            preparedInsertAssignmentStatement = con.prepareStatement(insertIntoAssignmentBaseQuery);
+        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+            ImpalaConnector.databaseLock.unlock();
+            String errorMsg = "Problem when creating the prepared statement for \"insertIntoAssignmentBaseQuery\"!\n";
+            logger.error(errorMsg + sqle.getMessage());
+            try {
+                con.close();
+            } catch (SQLException sqle2) {
+                logger.error("Could not close the connection with the Impala-database.\n" + sqle2.getMessage());
+            }
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
+        }
+
+        // Before, we wanted to execute the getAssignmentQuery and take the assignments immediately, but now it's more efficient to commit all the inserts in the end.
+        try {
+            con.setAutoCommit(false);
+        } catch (SQLException sqle) {   // There is a database-error. The latter actions will probably fail as well.
+            ImpalaConnector.databaseLock.unlock();
+            String errorMsg = "Problem when setting Connection.AutoCommit to \"false\"!";
+            logger.error(errorMsg + "\n" + sqle.getMessage());
+            closePreparedStatements(preparedInsertAssignmentStatement, null, con);
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
+        }
+
+        String tempFullQueryString = null;
+        for ( Assignment assignment : assignments ) {
+            try {
+                preparedInsertAssignmentStatement.setString(1, assignment.getId());
+                preparedInsertAssignmentStatement.setString(2, assignment.getOriginalUrl());
+                preparedInsertAssignmentStatement.setString(3, workerId);
+                preparedInsertAssignmentStatement.setDate(4, date);
+                tempFullQueryString = getAssignmentsPreparedStatement.toString();
+                preparedInsertAssignmentStatement.executeUpdate();
+            } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+                logger.error("Problem when executing the \"insertIntoAssignmentQuery\":\n" + tempFullQueryString + "\n" + sqle.getMessage() + "\n\n");
+            }
+        }//end for-loop
+
+        try {
+            con.commit();   // Send all the insert-queries to the database.
+        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+            ImpalaConnector.databaseLock.unlock();
+            String errorMsg = "Problem when committing changes to the database!";
+            logger.error(errorMsg + "\n" + sqle.getMessage());
+            closePreparedStatements(preparedInsertAssignmentStatement, null, con);
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
+        }
+
+        logger.debug("Finished inserting " + assignmentsSize + " assignments into the \"assignment\"-table. Going to merge the parquet files for this table.");
+
+        String mergeErrorMsg = mergeParquetFiles("assignment", con);
+        if ( mergeErrorMsg != null ) {
+            ImpalaConnector.databaseLock.unlock();
+            closePreparedStatements(preparedInsertAssignmentStatement, null, con);
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(mergeErrorMsg);
+        }
+
+        try {
+            con.commit();   // Apply the merge.
+            con.setAutoCommit(true);    // Restore the "auto-commit" value for this connection of the pool.
+        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+            String errorMsg = "Problem when committing changes to the database!";
+            logger.error(errorMsg , sqle);//+ "\n" + sqle.getMessage());
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
+        } finally {
+            ImpalaConnector.databaseLock.unlock();
+            closePreparedStatements(preparedInsertAssignmentStatement, null, con);
+        }
+
+        logger.info("Sending batch_" + assignmentsBatchCounter.incrementAndGet() + " with " + assignmentsSize + " assignments to worker with ID: " + workerId + ".");
+        return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.OK).body(new AssignmentResponse(assignmentsBatchCounter.get(), assignments));
     }
 
+
     @PostMapping("addWorkerReport")
     public ResponseEntity<?> addWorkerReport(@RequestBody WorkerReport workerReport) {
 
-        if ( workerReport == null )
-            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST).build();
+        if ( workerReport == null ) {
+            String errorMsg = "No \"WorkerReport\" was given!";
+            logger.error(errorMsg);
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST).body(errorMsg);
+        }
 
-        logger.debug("Received the WorkerReport:\n" + workerReport.toString());
+        List<UrlReport> urlReports = workerReport.getUrlReports();
+        if ( (urlReports == null) || urlReports.isEmpty() ) {
+            String errorMsg = "The given \"WorkerReport\" from worker with ID \"" + workerReport.getWorkerId() + "\" was empty!";
+            logger.error(errorMsg);
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST).body(errorMsg);
+        }
 
-        // TODO - Store the workerReport into the database.
+        logger.info("Received the WorkerReport for batch_ " + workerReport.getAssignmentRequestCounter() + ", from the worker with id: " + workerReport.getWorkerId() + ". It contains " + urlReports.size() + " urlReports. Going to insert them into the database.");
 
-        return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.OK).build();
+
+        // TODO - The Controller will have to request the files from the Worker, in order to upload them to the S3, in the future.
+        // We will have to UPDATE the "location" of each of those files in the UrlReports and then insert them all into the database.
+
+
+        Connection con = ImpalaConnector.getInstance().getConnection();
+        if ( con == null )
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body("Problem when connecting with the Impala-database!");
+
+        // Store the workerReport into the database.
+        String insertIntoPayloadBaseQuery = "INSERT INTO " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + ".payload (id, original_url, actual_url, date, mimetype, size, hash, location, provenance) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)";
+        String insertIntoAttemptBaseQuery = "INSERT INTO " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + ".attempt (id, original_url, date, status, error_class, error_message) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)";
+
+        String tempInsertQueryName = null;
+        PreparedStatement preparedInsertPayloadStatement = null, preparedInsertAttemptStatement = null;
+        try {
+            tempInsertQueryName = "insertIntoPayloadBaseQuery";
+            preparedInsertPayloadStatement = con.prepareStatement(insertIntoPayloadBaseQuery);
+            tempInsertQueryName = "insertIntoAttemptBaseQuery";
+            preparedInsertAttemptStatement = con.prepareStatement(insertIntoAttemptBaseQuery);
+        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+            String errorMsg = "Problem when creating the prepared statement for \"" + tempInsertQueryName + "\"!\n";
+            logger.error(errorMsg + sqle.getMessage());
+            closePreparedStatements(preparedInsertPayloadStatement, preparedInsertAttemptStatement, con);
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
+        }
+
+        try {
+            con.setAutoCommit(false);
+        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+            String errorMsg = "Problem when setting Connection.AutoCommit to \"false\"!";
+            logger.error(errorMsg + "\n" + sqle.getMessage());
+            closePreparedStatements(preparedInsertPayloadStatement, preparedInsertAttemptStatement, con);
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
+        }
+
+        String payloadErrorMsg = null;
+        int failedCount = 0;
+
+        for ( UrlReport urlReport : urlReports ) {
+            Payload payload = urlReport.getPayload();
+            if ( payload == null ) {
+                logger.error("Payload was \"null\" for a \"urlReport\"!");
+                // TODO - A bit rare to happen.. but what should we do? (otherwise an NPE will be thrown later)
+                // We can't just create an empty object and proceed, since the payload is as important as the whole row to be inserted..
+                // TODO - Just add it in an errorMessage to be returned in the end. Should it return HTTP-200 but with a small error message along?
+                payloadErrorMsg = (++failedCount) + " urlReports failed to be processed because they had no payload!";
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            String tempFullQueryString = null;
+
+            try {   // We use a "PreparedStatement" to do insertions, for security reasons.
+                preparedInsertPayloadStatement.setString(1, payload.getId());
+                preparedInsertPayloadStatement.setString(2, payload.getOriginal_url());
+                preparedInsertPayloadStatement.setString(3, payload.getActual_url());
+                preparedInsertPayloadStatement.setDate(4, payload.getDate_acquired());
+                preparedInsertPayloadStatement.setString(5, payload.getMime_type());
+                // The column "size" in the table is of type "String" so we cast the Long to String. The Parquet-format in the database does not work well with integers.
+                preparedInsertPayloadStatement.setString(6, String.valueOf(payload.getSize()));
+                preparedInsertPayloadStatement.setString(7, payload.getHash());
+                preparedInsertPayloadStatement.setString(8, payload.getLocation());
+                preparedInsertPayloadStatement.setString(9, payload.getProvenance());
+                tempFullQueryString = preparedInsertPayloadStatement.toString();
+                preparedInsertPayloadStatement.executeUpdate();
+            } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+                logger.error("Problem when executing the \"insertIntoPayloadBaseQuery\":\n" + tempFullQueryString + "\n" + sqle.getMessage() + "\n\n");
+            }
+
+            Error error = urlReport.getError();
+            if ( error == null ) {  // A bit rare to happen, but we should fix it (otherwise NPEs will be thrown for the rest of the loop)
+                logger.warn("Error was \"null\" for \"urlReport\": " + urlReport + "\nSetting an empty object with \"null\" members.");
+                error = new Error(null, null);
+            }
+
+            try {   // We use a "PreparedStatement" to do insertions, for security reasons.
+                preparedInsertAttemptStatement.setString(1, payload.getId());
+                preparedInsertAttemptStatement.setString(2, payload.getOriginal_url());
+                preparedInsertAttemptStatement.setDate(3, payload.getDate_acquired());
+                preparedInsertAttemptStatement.setString(4, urlReport.getStatus().toString());
+                preparedInsertAttemptStatement.setString(5, String.valueOf(error.getType()));    // This covers the case of "null".
+                preparedInsertAttemptStatement.setString(6, error.getMessage());
+                tempFullQueryString = preparedInsertAttemptStatement.toString();
+                preparedInsertAttemptStatement.executeUpdate();
+            } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+                logger.error("Problem when executing the \"insertIntoAttemptBaseQuery\":\n" + tempFullQueryString + "\n" + sqle.getMessage() + "\n\n");
+            }
+        }//end for-loop
+
+        ImpalaConnector.databaseLock.lock();
+        try {
+            con.commit();   // Send all the insert-queries to the database.
+        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+            String errorMsg = "Problem when committing changes to the database or when setting Connection.AutoCommit to \"true\"!";
+            logger.error(errorMsg + "\n" + sqle.getMessage());
+            ImpalaConnector.databaseLock.unlock();
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
+        } finally {
+            closePreparedStatements(preparedInsertPayloadStatement, preparedInsertAttemptStatement, null);  // Do not close the connection here!
+        }
+
+        logger.debug("Finished inserting the payloads and the attempts into the \"payload\" and \"attempt\" tables. Going to merge the parquet files for those tables.");
+
+        String mergeErrorMsg = mergeParquetFiles("payload", con);
+        if ( mergeErrorMsg != null ) {
+            ImpalaConnector.databaseLock.unlock();
+            try { con.close(); }
+            catch (SQLException sqle) { logger.error("Could not close the connection with the Impala-database.\n" + sqle.getMessage()); }
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(mergeErrorMsg);
+        }
+
+        mergeErrorMsg = mergeParquetFiles("attempt", con);
+        if ( mergeErrorMsg != null ) {
+            ImpalaConnector.databaseLock.unlock();
+            try { con.close(); }
+            catch (SQLException sqle) { logger.error("Could not close the connection with the Impala-database.\n" + sqle.getMessage()); }
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(mergeErrorMsg);
+        }
+
+        try {
+            con.commit();   // Apply the merges.
+            con.setAutoCommit(true);    // Restore the "auto-commit" value for this connection of the pool.
+        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+            String errorMsg = "Problem when committing changes to the database!";
+            logger.error(errorMsg + "\n" + sqle.getMessage());
+            // The statements used in "mergeParquetFiles()" are already closed.
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
+        } finally {
+            ImpalaConnector.databaseLock.unlock();
+            try { con.close(); }
+            catch (SQLException sqle) { logger.error("Could not close the connection with the Impala-database.\n" + sqle.getMessage()); }
+        }
+
+        return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.OK).body(payloadErrorMsg);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     *   In each insertion, a new parquet-file is created, so we end up with millions of files. Parquet is great for fast-select, so have to stick with it and merge those files..
+     *   This method, creates a clone of the original table in order to have only one parquet file in the end. Drops the original table.
+     *   Renames the clone to the original's name.
+     *   Returns the errorMsg, if an error appears, otherwise is returns "null".
+     * */
+    private static String mergeParquetFiles(String tableName, Connection con)
+    {
+        String errorMsg;
+        if ( tableName == null ) {
+            errorMsg = "No tableName was given. Do not know the tableName for which we should merger the underlying files for!";
+            logger.error(errorMsg);
+            return errorMsg;
+        }
+
+        Statement statement;
+        try {
+            statement = con.createStatement();
+        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+            errorMsg = "Problem when creating a connection-statement!\n";
+            logger.error(errorMsg + sqle.getMessage());
+            return errorMsg;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            statement.execute("CREATE TABLE " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + "." + tableName + "_tmp stored as parquet AS SELECT * FROM " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + "." + tableName);
+            statement.execute("DROP TABLE " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + "." + tableName + " PURGE");
+            statement.execute("ALTER TABLE " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + "." + tableName + "_tmp RENAME TO " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + "." + tableName);
+            statement.execute("COMPUTE STATS " + ImpalaConnector.databaseName + "." + tableName);
+        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+            errorMsg = "Problem when executing the \"clone-drop-rename\" queries!\n";
+            logger.error(errorMsg + getCutBatchExceptionMessage(sqle.getMessage()));
+            sqle.printStackTrace();
+            return errorMsg;
+        } finally {
+            // Make sure we close the statement.
+            try { statement.close(); }
+            catch (SQLException sqle3) { logger.error("Could not close the statement for executing queries in the Impala-database.\n" + sqle3); }
+        }
+
+        return null;    // No errorMsg, everything is fine.
+    }
+
+
+    // The "batchExecute" does not work in this Impala-Database, so this is a "giant-query" solution.
+    // Note: this causes an "Out of memory"-ERROR in the current version of the Impala JDBC driver. If a later version is provided, then this code should be tested.
+    private static PreparedStatement constructLargeInsertQuery(Connection con, String baseInsertQuery, int dataSize, int numParamsPerRow) throws RuntimeException
+    {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(baseInsertQuery.length() + (dataSize * 6 * numParamsPerRow));    // TODO - Make this a global Thread-Local var. And then "clear" (reset) it after each use.
+        sb.append(baseInsertQuery);
+        for ( int i=1; i <= dataSize; ++i ) {
+            sb.append("(");
+            for ( int j=1; j <= numParamsPerRow; ++j ) {
+                sb.append("?");
+                if ( j < numParamsPerRow )
+                    sb.append(",");
+            }
+            sb.append(")");
+            if ( i < dataSize )
+                sb.append(",");
+        }
+
+        PreparedStatement preparedInsertStatement;
+        try {   // We use a "PreparedStatement" to do insertions, for security reasons.
+            preparedInsertStatement = con.prepareStatement(sb.toString());
+        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
+            String errorMsg = "Problem when creating the prepared statement for the insertQuery: \"" + baseInsertQuery + "\"...!\n";
+            logger.error(errorMsg + sqle.getMessage());
+            throw new RuntimeException(errorMsg);
+        }
+        return preparedInsertStatement;
+    }
+
+
+    private static String getCutBatchExceptionMessage(String sqleMessage)
+    {
+        // The sqleMessage contains the actual message followed by the long batch. This makes the logs unreadable. So we should shorten the message before logging.
+        int maxEnding = 1500;
+        if ( sqleMessage.length() > maxEnding )
+            return (sqleMessage.substring(0, maxEnding) + "...");
+        else
+            return sqleMessage;
+    }
+
+
+    private boolean closePreparedStatements(PreparedStatement preparedStatement1, PreparedStatement preparedStatement2, Connection con) {
+        try {
+            if ( preparedStatement1 != null )
+                preparedStatement1.close();
+            if ( preparedStatement2 != null )
+                preparedStatement2.close();
+            if ( con != null )
+                con.close();    // It may have already closed and that's fine.
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch (SQLException sqle) {
+            logger.error("Could not close the connection with the Impala-database.\n" + sqle.getMessage());
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 
 
     @GetMapping("test")
     public ResponseEntity<?> getTestUrls(@RequestParam String workerId, @RequestParam int workerAssignmentsLimit) {
 
+        logger.info("Worker with id: \"" + workerId + "\", requested " + workerAssignmentsLimit + " test-assignments. The assignments-limit of the controller is: " + ControllerConstants.ASSIGNMENTS_LIMIT);
+
         try {
             new FileUtils();    // Find the input file.
         } catch (Exception e) {
             logger.error(e.getMessage());
-            return ResponseEntity.status(500).body("The resource file, for the requested assignments, was not found.");
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body("The resource file, for the requested assignments, was not found.");
         }
 
         List<Assignment> assignments = new ArrayList<>();
         HashMultimap<String, String> loadedIdUrlPairs;
         boolean isFirstRun = true;
         boolean assignmentsLimitReached = false;
-        Date date = new Date();
+        Date date = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()); // Store it here, in order to have the same for all current records.
 
         // Start loading urls.
         while ( true ) {
@@ -120,12 +570,13 @@ public class UrlController {
             }
         }// end loading-while-loop
 
-        if ( FileUtils.inputScanner.get() != null ) // Check if the initial value is null.
-            FileUtils.inputScanner.get().close();
+        Scanner scanner = FileUtils.inputScanner.get();
+        if ( scanner != null ) // Check if the initial value is null.
+            scanner.close();
 
-        logger.info("Sending AssignmentResponse_" +  assignmentCounter.incrementAndGet() + " with " + assignments.size() + " assignments (" + FileUtils.duplicateIdUrlEntries.get() + " more assignments were discarded as duplicates), to worker with ID: " + workerId);
+        logger.info("Sending batch_" +  assignmentsBatchCounter.incrementAndGet() + " with " + assignments.size() + " assignments (" + FileUtils.duplicateIdUrlEntries.get() + " more assignments were discarded as duplicates), to worker with ID: " + workerId);
 
-        return ResponseEntity.status(200).header("Content-Type", "application/json").body(new AssignmentResponse(assignmentCounter.get(), assignments));
+        return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.OK).header("Content-Type", "application/json").body(new AssignmentResponse(assignmentsBatchCounter.get(), assignments));
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/util/ControllerConstants.java b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/util/ControllerConstants.java
index 3ae2aca..ffe86c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/util/ControllerConstants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/util/ControllerConstants.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package eu.openaire.urls_controller.util;
 
 public interface ControllerConstants {
 
-    int ASSIGNMENTS_LIMIT = 10000;    // The general assignments-limit the Controller will get. If the worker cannot handle them, then the worker's limit will be applied.
+    int ASSIGNMENTS_LIMIT = 100_000;    // The upper assignments-limit the Controller can handle. If the worker's limit is above this one, then the controller's limit is used. Otherwise, the worker's limit will be applied.
+
+    int MAX_ATTEMPTS_PER_RECORD = 3;    // The maximum times a record can be processed, if each of the previous times failed with a "couldRetry" Error-Class.
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index b65d501..04f472c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -15,6 +15,22 @@ server.port = 1880
 # Server api path
 server.servlet.context-path=/api
 
+# Database
+
+spring.impala.url = jdbc:impala://iis-cdh5-test-gw.ocean.icm.edu.pl:21050/
+# Note: The "UseNativeQuery" does not work with the PreparedStatements! Also, the url does not work without the ending "/"
+# The username and the password do not matter, since this app is always run in an pre-authenticated machine.
+
+spring.impala.driver-class-name = com.cloudera.impala.jdbc41.Driver
+
+spring.datasource.hikari.pool-name=ControllerPool
+spring.datasource.hikari.maximumPoolSize=20
+spring.datasource.hikari.maxLifetime=1800000
+spring.datasource.hikari.minimumIdle=4
+spring.datasource.hikari.connectionTimeout=30000
+spring.datasource.hikari.idleTimeout=600000
+
+
 # LOGGING LEVELS
 logging.level.root=INFO
 logging.level.org.springframework.web=INFO
diff --git a/src/main/resources/logback-spring.xml b/src/main/resources/logback-spring.xml
index c5b711e..a1972a0 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/logback-spring.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/logback-spring.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     </appender>
 
     <root level="debug">
-        <appender-ref ref="Console" />  <!-- TODO - Change it to "File" in production! -->
+        <appender-ref ref="File" />
     </root>
 
 </configuration>
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