Newbie question about war file deployment

2009-05-12 Thread tomas_bar
Hi, I've generated a war file using GWT. I have placed it in the webapps folder of the tomcat directory (which is installed locally). How do I now start the application from a client browser? I have tried http://localhost:8080/ApplicationName but it doesnt work. I guess I'm missing something

Tomcat SQL Server Integration Question

2009-05-08 Thread tomas_bar
Hi, I'm using Tomcat for a Java web application (created with GWT). The application needs to access a server-side database. Initially my choice was MySQL but for reasons beyond my control it will have to be SQL Server. Is it problematic to use SQL Server from Tomcat? I mean, as long as I have a