Hi Never a rule without an exception to confirm the rule :) I am currently using DBForms with Oracle10g using the Oracle10g JDBC driver, and I have plenty of varchar2 columns defined in dbforms-config.xml - and it works :)
best regards Audun On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:10:49 -0600, Bill Tribley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recently I had a devil of a time trying to figure out why my application > was not using the default DbConnection. Turned out that I used a non-ANSI > sql column type, which caused the DbForms-Config.xml parser to error out > with a fatal exception. The application continued to load, I had a valid > context, but a stubborn exception that was hard for me to find. > > I think that this paragraph would help, positioned in section 5.6 at the > end and in section 7.2.3 at the beginning. It may sound repetitive, and > obvious, to the experienced. It gives some important insight about how the > application works. > > The paragraph: > > File DbForms-Config.xml is parsed when the servlet container is started, > or when the web application is reloaded. If there are any errors in this > file, the parser will abort with an exception. However, the web > application will continue to load. A valid context, without the database > connections specified at the bottom of the file, will be started. If > everything else is OK, this will result in a "No DbConnection object > configured with name 'null'" exception, assuming that one default > connection is specified. Besides the obvious xml syntax errors, it is an > error to use a non-ANSI column type definition, for example the MySQL > "enum" or the Oracle "varchar2". > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > DbForms Mailing List > > http://www.wap-force.net/dbforms > -- best regards Audun ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ DbForms Mailing List http://www.wap-force.net/dbforms
