And now we must find someone to implement this..... Any suggestions?
Cheers, Henner > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im > Auftrag von Bill Tribley > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 17. März 2005 02:16 > An: jdbforms-interest@lists.sourceforge.net > Betreff: Re: AW: [dbforms] Manual Suggestion > > Henner, > I agree. Since the config file is so central to the > application, and since there are so many ways to mess it up, > detailed validation with specific, explanatory exceptions > that show up on the browser's screen would be best. > I thought about moving the connection to the top of the file, > but came to the same conclusion you did that it would simply > bury the error deeper in the application. > Bill > > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 21:04:49 +0100, Henner Kollmann > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And in mi opionion the best would be not to start the > application if > > the config file could'nt be parsed! Or give some usefull > hint somewhere. > > > > The problem with the documentation is that - if you write the > > connection info first into your config file - the > connection will be > > parsed correct and the error will happen on another place. > We have a > > lot of problems with unparsable config files and error messages on > > other places. > > > > So my suggestion is to do a check in the dbforms tag if dbforms is > > initialized correct. If not then show an error page. > > Best solution is if we can show the reason for the wrong > > initialization.... > > > > What do you think? > > > > Regards > > Henner > > > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >> Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im > Auftrag von > >> Audun V. Nes > >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. März 2005 19:42 > >> An: jdbforms-interest@lists.sourceforge.net > >> Betreff: Re: [dbforms] Manual Suggestion > >> > >> 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. 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