Hi, Platform : Windows NT 4 Database: mySql Web Server: Apache JSP Engine: Tomcat So far i was trying to connect to the database thru mm.mysql-jdbc driver and was successful.I was even able to insert the values into the database and retrieve them. I am new to JSP, but not new to Java. I am referring to the Professional JSP book. And according to the book, for connection pooling they had recommended to download PoolMan1.4 and add the PoolMan.jar file to the CLASSPATH (which I have done)and also add the poolman.props path to the CLASSPATH. Now the problem is that every time i run the PoolMAn.jsp file to test the database connectivity, it gives me java.NullPointerException and FAILED TO CONNECT TO THE DATABASE. The modifications that have to be done in the poolman.props file are: db_name.1=akdant db_driver.1=org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver db_url.1=jdbc:mysql://development2:3306/akdant db_username.1=root enableCache.1=true cacheSize.1=5 cacheRefresh.1=10000 connection_timeout.1=15000 checkfrequency.1=30000 usertimeout.1=10000 maximumsize.1=20 Is there any configuration to be done...or is there any other better wasy for connection pooling. Please help me out. Thanx in advance CB =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets
