how about putting it into DynaActionForm::initialize which initialises the beans anyhow..
-Martin this way your connections are ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vic Cekvenich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 9:31 AM Subject: Re: How find DataSource? > I put mine in a static block of the base DAO. (static as in once per > class, and all DAO's extend my base DAO). > > > .V > > > e-denton Java Programmer wrote: > > > Merry Christmas, > > > > Wow, I finally connected to my data source! Now, I want to put the code > > somewhere it will be executed only once, and save the DataSource object > > where Actions, beans, etc. can get at it. That way, I don't have to perform > > the lookup all the time. > > > > Any suggestions on where to put the one time setup code, and where to save > > the DataSource object reference (in the application?). > > > > Thanks again, > > > > Will > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Vic Cekvenich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 12:14 PM > > Subject: Re: How find DataSource? > > > > > > > >>See sample source code section here: > >> > > > > http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.1-doc/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.html > > > >>Ex: > >>Context ctx = new InitialContext(); > >> if(ctx == null ) > >> throw new Exception("Boom - No Context"); > >> > >> DataSource ds = > >> (DataSource)ctx.lookup( > >> "java:comp/env/jdbc/TestDB"); > >> > >> > >>Of course what you do with the data source depends on your DAO > >>implementataion (iBatis, Hibrenate, etc.) > >> > >>.V > >> > >> > >>hylepc wrote: > >> > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>>From a Data Acess Object (DAO), I need to access a DataSource (like > >>>getServletContext().getAttribute (Globals.DATA_SOURCE_KEY)). But, I > > > > don't > > > >>>have access to the servlet variable. > >>> > >>>What is the proper way to get the DataSource from a DAO which is called > > > > by > > > >>>an Action but doesn't extend Action? > >>> > >>>Thanks, > >>> > >>>Will > >> > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
