I agree with the solution, I just now had such problem and i fixed it worked for me. If you all have anybody have more doubts let's dicusss.
Regards, Ganesh R -----Original Message----- From: Gokul Singh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 10:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problem loading oracle jdbc driver in servlet under Tomcat On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:28:39 -0000, Brian Moynihan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The classpath is set up correctly as the standalone java application can >access the database. > The problem is that the servlet container is not able to find the classes. There is a difference between the way the standalone application works and the way the servlet containers (including Tomcat)work. The differences are 1. Servlet containers MAY not use the system classpath defined by the CLASSPATH environment variable. Tomcat does not use this. This can be done by specifying a classpath when invoking the JVM ( -classpath option on java) 2. Servlet container use customized classloaders to find the classes from very specific directories. Some of these directories are specified by the servlet specification and some are not. All 2.2 & 2.3 spec complaiant servlet containers SHOULD load classes from the directory WEB-INF/classes and from the jar files in WEB-INF/lib. In addition to these, jar files can also be placed in specific directories depending upon the servlet container and these are known as container wide library files. In your case the container would not have been able to find the jdbc driver because the necessary files were not there in places looked at by the servlet container. Hope this helps to clarify the matter a little. Regds, Gokul ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html "THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE ALONG WITH ANY ATTACHMENTS IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE ADDRESSEE and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copy of this communication is strictly Prohibited. If you have received this message by error, please notify us immediately, return the original mail to the sender and delete the message from your system." ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
