RE: Cannot load JDBC driver class 'null'

[Phillip Qin]

My advice:

1. Never put jdbc in your classpath. It is in
$CATALINA_HOME/common/lib/classes12.jar. Tomcat classloader handles it.
2. If you want to do a compile, use ant and put it in your ant script.

Below is my setup

<Context path="/myapp" docBase="myapp"
        debug="5" reloadable="true" crossContext="false">

        <Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger"
                        prefix="myapp_log." suffix=".txt"
                        timestamp="true"/>
        
        <Resource name="jdbc/myapp" auth="Container"
type="javax.sql.DataSource"/> 
        <ResourceParams name="jdbc/myapp">
        <parameter>
                <name>driverClassName</name>
                <value>oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</value>
        </parameter>
        <parameter>
                <name>url</name>
        <value>jdbc:oracle:thin:@myoracleserver.com:1521:PROD</value>
        </parameter>
        <parameter>
                <name>username</name>
                <value>***</value>
        </parameter>
        <parameter>
                <name>password</name>
                <value>***</value>
        </parameter>
        <parameter>
                <name>maxActive</name>
                <value>20</value>
        </parameter>
        <parameter>
                <name>maxIdle</name>
                <value>10</value>
        </parameter>
        <parameter>
                <name>minIdle</name>
                <value>10</value>
        </parameter>
        <parameter>
                <name>maxWait</name>
                <value>15000</value>
        </parameter>
        <parameter>
                <name>removeAbandoned</name>
                <value>true</value>
        </parameter>
        <parameter>
                <name>logAbandoned</name>
                <value>true</value>
        </parameter>    
        <parameter>
                <name>validationQuery</name>
                <value>SELECT SYSDATE FROM DUAL</value>
        </parameter>
        <parameter>
                <name>testOnBorrow</name>
                <value>true</value>
        </parameter>
        <parameter>
                <name>minEvictableIdleTimeMillis</name>
                <value>-1</value>
        </parameter>
        <!-- sleeps 5 minutes -->
        <parameter>
                <name>timeBetweenEvictionRunsMillis</name>
                <value>300000</value>
        </parameter>
        <parameter>
                <name>numTestsPerEvictionRun</name>
                <value>1</value>
        </parameter>
        <parameter>
                <name>testWhileIdle</name>
                <value>true</value>
        </parameter>

        </ResourceParams>
</Context>

In web.xml:

<resource-ref>
        <description>Oracle Datasource</description>
        <res-ref-name>jdbc/myapp</res-ref-name>
        <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
        <res-auth>Container</res-auth>
</resource-ref>

-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: September 11, 2003 8:17 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Cannot load JDBC driver class 'null'

Ok, I know this topic has been posted many times, but I can't find anything 
to help.

I have OracleDriver in [$CATALINA_HOME]/common/lib
here's my server.xml
<GlobalNamingResources>
......................
<Resource name="myDS" scope="Shareable" type="javax.sql.DataSource" 
auth="Container"/>
    <ResourceParams name="myDS">
      <parameter>
        <name>validationQuery</name>
        <value>select user from dual;</value>
      </parameter>
      <parameter>
        <name>url</name>
        <value>jdbc:oracle:thin:myMachine:1521:myDBName</value>
      </parameter>
      <parameter>
        <name>username</name>
        <value>hris</value>
      </parameter>
      <parameter>
        <name>password</name>
        <value>****</value>
      </parameter>
      <parameter>
        <name>maxActive</name>
        <value>4</value>
      </parameter>
      <parameter>
        <name>maxWait</name>
        <value>5000</value>
      </parameter>
      <parameter>
        <name>driverClassName</name>
        <value>oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</value>
      </parameter>
      <parameter>
        <name>maxIdle</name>
        <value>2</value>
      </parameter>
    </ResourceParams>
  </GlobalNamingResources>

and my web.xml:

    <resource-ref>
        <res-ref-name>jdbc/fsaDS</res-ref-name>
        <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
        <res-auth>Container</res-auth>
        <res-sharing-scope>Shareable</res-sharing-scope>
    </resource-ref>

in the administrative tool:
the top level Resources->DataSources looks ok as MyDS is listed there
but the /my_context->Resources->Datasources gives:
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Exception retrieving attribute 
'driverClassName'

and the localhost_log.xxx.txt (when it tries to use myDS):
java.sql.SQLException: Cannot load JDBC driver class 'null

Any help would be great - I've been trying everything - reloading with 
different configurations about 50 times - looking through books, mailing 
lists/archives.
Thanks,
Ben

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