So now the new database pool portlet can download drivers into the repository for you. If you select "Add a new database pool" then pick a name and product and hit Next, and then select "Download a Driver" it'll give you a list of the some of the drivers I found to be directly downloadable. If you select one, it'll put it right into the repository and then select it for you back on the previous screen. The available drivers at present are:
HSQLDB 1.7.3 & 1.8.0 MaxDB/SAP DB JDBC drivers for 7.5 & 7.6 McKoi 1.0.3 MySQL Connector/J 3.0 & 3.1 PostgreSQL 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, & 8.1 Sybase jConnect 5.5 & 5.6 jTDS for SQL Server 1.1 & 1.2 All the config parameters are controlled by a file it downloads from my people.apache.org page, though I put it in the Geronimo site too so once that replicates we can switch over. (Do we need to tell someone to replicate it?) In any case, we'll be able to update the config file to add new drivers or update point releases/download URLs as necessary. Thanks to Bruce for the idea! Aaron P.S. If anyone's looking for something to do, right now the download status only shows on the server's stdout and it would be cool to have an AJAX page that updates the status for the user periodically until the download finishes.
