tomcat doesn't use the classpath. You can copy your jar into /common/lib and it will be shared by all your webapps.
see the classloader doc: http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.1-doc/class-loader-howto.html Charlie > -----Original Message----- > From: Zsolt Koppany [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 1:17 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: How to use jar files from CLASSPATH > > > Hi, > > my application has to use DB2 JDBC that is in the CLASSPATH. > How can I get > tomcat-4.1.24 to search for entries from CLASSPATH? > > I understand that I could probably copy the entries from > CLASSPATH into > .../WEB-INF/lib, but this JDBC driver does use native > libraries, thus I > would not like to copy them into .../WEB-INF/lib. > > This is how CLASSPATH is defined after DB2 installation: > > .;C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\SQLLIB\java\db2java.zip;C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\SQLL > IB\java\db2jcc > .jar;C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\SQLLIB\java\sqlj.zip;C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\SQLL > IB\java\db2jcc > _license_cu.jar;C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\SQLLIB\bin;C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\SQL > LIB\java\commo > n.jar > > As you can see there is even a directory in CLASSPATH (that > contains a lot > of files). > > > Zsolt > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
