You could deploy a separate servlet that you configure to start before (load-on-startup) the axis-servlet which will pool your db-connections.
Or you could do it "on-demand" the first time the service was accessed (probably pissing off the first user, but hey the world's not perfect! /Jesper -----Original Message----- From: Tolsch, Ed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: den 30 maj 2002 16:58 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: question on migrating from Soap 2.2 to Axis Importance: High HI, I'm trying to migrate from a Soap 2.2. mindset to the Axis framework and I have a question. In SOAP 2.2 I had control over the init() method in the rpcrouter servlet. I put a hook in there which setup some database connections and put them in cache. When my implementation class was invoked I leveraged those cached connections. Can someone instruct me on the proper way with Axis to perform this. Thanks in advance. Ed Tolsch 817.474.9939 [EMAIL PROTECTED]