---------------------------------------------------------------- BEFORE YOU POST, search the faq at <http://java.apache.org/faq/> WHEN YOU POST, include all relevant version numbers, log files, and configuration files. Don't make us guess your problem!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------- I have a question about an odd problem I'm seeing. Is there a difference in the way a servlet gets launched if started by JServ using the servlets.startup parm versus what happens if the servlet is initialized because a request has been made against it? I have a servlet that manages a pool of db connections that is used by other servlets (say DBManager). When the zone is configured to launch this servlet at startup (via servlets.startup=DBManager parm in properties file) it connects to the Oracle database, reads some config tables, and is fine. When another servlet grabs a connection from the pool, the reserve method of the DBManager servlet first tries to execute a simple query to check that the connection is good, and the startup servlet takes an segment violation trying to create a jdbc statement object, which is weird since the DBManager actually uses the same reserve method to call the database during initialization (and works just fine). However....if I do not launch the DBManager servlet at startup, but let it get initialized by JServ once another servlet accesses it...then everything is just fine. We also see the same kind of behavior when launching another applicaiton server from the command line that works similar to the DBManager servlet....as soon as a client calls the reserve method to get a database connection, the thing takes a segment violation trying to create a statement object. It could be something flakey with the Oracle 8.1.5 client libraries, as we never saw this happen with the 8.0.5 client libs. It seems bizare though that the servlets work fine as long as I don't launch the DBManager at JServ startup. There must be a difference in how it starts. Is there a thread issue maybe? Thanks, Cary Mader [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Please read the FAQ! <http://java.apache.org/faq/> To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives and Other: <http://java.apache.org/main/mail.html> Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
