Hi all, I am working on a small application. I am using struts 1.1, tomcat 4.1.8, mysql. I have made added foll in my server.xml file in tomcat-home/conf directory <Resource name="jdbc/intranet" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource"/>
<ResourceParams name="jdbc/intranet"> <parameter> <name>factory</name> <value>org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>maxActive</name> <value>100</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>maxIdle</name> <value>30000</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>maxWait</name> <value>100</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>username</name> <value>kiran</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>password</name> <value>kiran</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>driverClassName</name> <value>org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>url</name> <value>jdbc:mysql://localhost/intranet?autoReconnect=true</value> </parameter> </ResourceParams> </Context> Added this bit in web.xml of my application in WEB_INF directory <resource-ref> <description>DB Connection</description> <res-ref-name>jdbc/intranet</res-ref-name> <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type> <res-auth>Container</res-auth> </resource-ref> In my program I have this bit: Context ctx= new InitialContext(); DataSource ds = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/intranet"); if(ds!=null){ con = ds.getConnection(); } I get this exception when I start up tomcat. I am missing anything ?????? I am using jdbc driver for mysql & this is in tomcat-home\common\lib. Please correct me if i am wrong or missing anything. Please.......... Thanks in advance. java.sql.SQLException: Cannot load JDBC driver class 'null' at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSource.java:529) at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:312) at com.intranet.IntranetStartup.connectionToDataBase(IntranetStartup.java:78) at com.intranet.IntranetStartup.execute(IntranetStartup.java:36) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:446) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:266) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1292) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:492) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2350) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:171) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:405) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:380) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:508) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:533) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx _______________________________________________ MVC-Programmers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netbean.net/mailman/listinfo/mvc-programmers