The error(Wen I try to use a JNDI resource in my webapp.): C:\jdk1.3.1_08\jre\bin\java -classpath "C:\web\Tomcat4.1\bin\bootstrap.jar";"C:\jdk1.3.1_08\lib\tools.jar" -Dcatalina.home="C:\web\Tomcat4.1" -Dcatalina.base="C:\web\Tomcat4.1" org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap "start" [INFO] Registry - -Loading registry information [INFO] Registry - -Creating new Registry instance [INFO] Registry - -Creating MBeanServer [INFO] Http11Protocol - -Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on port 8080 Starting service Tomcat-Standalone Apache Tomcat/4.1.18-LE-jdk14 [INFO] PropertyMessageResources - -Initializing, config='org.apache.struts.util.LocalStrings', returnNull=true [INFO] PropertyMessageResources - -Initializing, config='org.apache.struts.action.ActionResources', returnNull=true [INFO] PropertyMessageResources - -Initializing, config='remic_msgcat', returnNull=true [INFO] Http11Protocol - -Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on port 8080 [INFO] ChannelSocket - -JK2: ajp13 listening on 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0:8009 [INFO] JkMain - -Jk running ID=0 time=0/200 config=C:\web\Tomcat4.1\conf\jk2.properties Cannot load JDBC driver class 'null' java.lang.NullPointerException at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:115) at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSource.jav a:523) at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:3 29) at com.citimortgage.common.datasource.DataSourceManager.getConnection(DataSourc eManager.java:80)
I know I have the Oracle jar in the right place because I get this msg when if I don't have it in <tomcatHome>/common/lib. C:\jdk1.3.1_08\jre\bin\java -classpath "C:\web\Tomcat4.1\bin\bootstrap.jar";"C:\jdk1.3.1_08\lib\tools.jar" -Dcatalina.home="C:\web\Tomcat4.1" -Dcatalina.base="C:\web\Tomcat4.1" org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap "start" [INFO] Registry - -Loading registry information [INFO] Registry - -Creating new Registry instance [INFO] Registry - -Creating MBeanServer [INFO] Http11Protocol - -Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on port 8080 Exception during startup processing java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/sql/DataSource at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:488) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:106) I googled for this answer. The most common problem is not finding the database driver in <tomcatHome>/common/lib. Later, Robert Wynkoop --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]