Web app and Forum

2007-08-18 Thread Mohammed Zabin
Hi all I have a web application, and I wanted to add a forum for this application, i used mvnforum ( an open source forum). My question is : Can I jar two web applications in one file?? both applications use the same database. ?? any help please

Re: Web app and Forum

2007-08-18 Thread David Smith
I doubt it. Webapps are intended to be independent of each other like software applications on your desktop or notebook. My question is why would you want to? Is the database some file based db like derby or berkley db? --David Mohammed Zabin wrote: Hi all I have a web application, and

Re: Web app and Forum

2007-08-18 Thread Mohammed Zabin
No, It's just I am using an open source forum, a huge project, with hundredes of class and jsp files. I thought that If I wanted to merge the forum with my web applications, it will be a nightmare :(, so I am looking for a way to sovle this On 8/18/07, David Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: Web app and Forum

2007-08-18 Thread David Smith
If you are pointing both webapp and forum to the same database on the same database server and there aren't any other shared resources or reasons for them to live under the same roof, I would think it would be much easier to deploy two webapps and be done. --David Mohammed Zabin wrote: No,

Re: Web app and Forum

2007-08-18 Thread Mohammed Zabin
You mean I deploy two war files that shares the same database? On 8/18/07, David Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are pointing both webapp and forum to the same database on the same database server and there aren't any other shared resources or reasons for them to live under the same

Re: Web app and Forum

2007-08-18 Thread David Smith
Yes. Database server software is designed to handle multiple requests from multiple sources at once. You haven't said much about what database you are using (home grown, MySQL, etc., ...) --David Mohammed Zabin wrote: You mean I deploy two war files that shares the same database? On