The pool should really kill the connection itself (with or without a validation query) when it gets a fatal connection error. It should then throw an error to the application.
--- "McKinstry, Pete (HQP)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Evelynn- > > Have you tried specifying a validation query in your DBCP config? I believe > it destroys connections in the pool where the validationQuery throws a > SQLException. This may solve your problem w/o having to close & re-create > the DataSource. > > See: http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/dbcp/apidocs/index.html > BasicDataSource > - validationQuery > - testOnReturn > - testWhileIdle > - testOnBorrow > > fyi- I haven't used DBCP from w/in Tomcat, so i'm not sure how to configure > there, but it should be do-able... > > -pgm > > -----Original Message----- > From: Evelynn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 5:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [DBCP] Connections Die > > > Reference: Tomcat 4.1.18 > My dbcp goes dead at times. > My application on Tomcat is on one box and my DB2 database is on another > box. If the network goes down for a brief period or the database is > bounced, my dbcp no longer works and I receive an SQLException from my > application running on Tomcat. > > So, here is my fix to refresh the connection pool. When ever I receive an > SQLException, I run the following once: > > import javax.sql.DataSource; > import org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource; > ....... > BasicDataSource bds = (BasicDataSource)myDataSource; > bds.close(); > > I tested this and it seems to solve the problem. The only thing that I do > not like about this solution is that the java code in my app now includes a > reference to the DBCP java class. But that's OK. I can live with that. > My question is, is this solution OK or is there a better recommendation to > refresh the dbcp? > > Thanks > Eve > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
