Ooh, I worked too late last night to have this type of error.
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--------- Original Message ---------
DATE: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 20:28:40
From: Dirk Verbeeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Jakarta Commons Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
>You declared "DataSource ds" inside the constructor and that "ds" is
>being initialized and not the "private DataSource ds".
>
>-- Dirk
>
>
>Vernon Smith wrote:
>> After following the TC instruction configure the DBCP with the container, I create
>> a class to make a cleaner interface.
>>
>> public class DBCPWrapper {
>> private DataSource ds;
>>
>> public DBCPWrapper() {
>> try {
>> Context ctx = new InitialContext();
>> if (ctx == null)
>> throw new Exception("Boom - No Context");
>> DataSource ds =
>> (DataSource) ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/postgres");
>> } catch (Exception e) {
>> e.printStackTrace();
>> }
>> }
>>
>> public Connection getConnection() throws SQLException {
>> Connection conn = ds.getConnection(); <-- ds is NULL
>> return conn;
>> }
>> }
>>
>> I don't understand why the data source is null in the getConnection method. I fix
>> this problem by moving the body of the construtor into the getConnection method. I
>> am not sure that is a right approach thought. Is a better way to get the thing done?
>>
>> Thanks for your inputs.
>
>
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