Service initialization

[Scott Melby]

Hello -

I am implementing a web service that needs to access a database to retrieve information. I would like to connect to the database once at startup, then handle incoming requests using existing connections for better performance. I have accomplished this by deploying with application scope. However, I notice that my service does not get instantiated until the first request is sent to it. I would like (if possible) to have my service startup when tomcat/axis is started. However, I have not been able to find any service parameter that allows me to do this. Any help is greatly appreciated. BTW: I am running axis 1.0.

Thanks
Scott