You don't say what version. I am aware that things are changing in this
area in 5.5.x so what I'm saying possibly applies to 5.0.x only. Check the
docs if you have a different version.
In 5.0.x, you have to put resource-ref in web.xml if you want to be
compliant with the servlet spec.
If you do
Hi,
You need both. You define the resource in the context of the app and
then link to the resource from the app.
http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.0-doc/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.html
PJ
Nishant Deshpande wrote:
When I set up a db resource in web.xml and create it, for some reasons
So - I cannot *not* define a resource at the server level (i.e. not
touch the server.xml or any other server configuration file) and only
define it in the app configuration files - i.e. web.xml ?
It seems like thats what you are saying below - just want to be sure I
understand clearly.
Thanks
Almost, you must define it in a context usually app specific rather than
DefaultContext. The bit that makes it almost is that a context (if not
DefaultContext) can be defined in the server.xml *or*
conf/service/engine/app.xml e.g. catalina
home/conf/Catalina/localhost/test.xml
If deploying as
Ok got it.
If I could read property I would have saved myself a lot of time. Just
to emphasise for anyone else looking at this thread..
a context (if not
DefaultContext) can be defined in the server.xml *or*
conf/service/engine/app.xml
The OR is important - i was defining a context for the
