I do not succeed in getting the connection with my database when I try to externalize the database configuration out of my xsp file. When I write this configuration within the xsp file like this: <esql:driver>org.postgresql.Driver</esql:driver> <esql:dburl>jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/test</esql:dburl> <esql:username>postgres</esql:username> <esql:password></esql:password> it works. Now I am trying to remove this statement from the xsp file and have this database configuration occur within "sitemap.xmap" thanks to the following statements: <map:match pattern="serge/*"> <map:generate type="serverpages" src="serge/test_xsp_cocoon2_serge.xsp"/> <map:transform type="sql"> <map:parameter name="use-connection" value="personnel"/> </map:transform> <map:serialize/> </map:match> where "personnel" is defined in "cocoon.xconf" with the following statements: <component name="org.apache.avalon.util.datasource.DataSourceComponentSelector" class="org.apache.cocoon.CocoonComponentSelector"> <component-instance name="personnel" class="org.apache.avalon.util.datasource.JdbcDataSource"> <pool-controller min="0" max="10"/> <dburl>jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/test</dburl> <user>postgres</user> <password></password> </component-instance> </component> (I have tried with <user> and <username>) The driver is defined in "web.xml" like this: <init-param> <param-name>load-class</param-name> <param-value> org.postgresql.Driver </param-value> </init-param> which seems to work because when I comment it out, I am told to configure the driver. Here is the error message I get: "org.apache.cocoon.ProcessingException: Failed to execute pipeline.:org.apache.cocoon.ProcessingException: Exception in ServerPagesGenerator.generate():java.lang.RuntimeException: Error opening connection to dburl: : The user property is missing. It is mandatory." Any idea ? Thank you Serge Farnel --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>