Deploy these two files in share/common/lib directory oracle-8.1.7nls_charset12.jar oracle-8.1.7classes12.jar
-----Original Message----- From: John Sidney-Woollett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 12:25 PM To: Jonathan Drnek Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Tomcat 5 and oracle Try using the thin driver - it's jar file is classes12.jar Place it in [TOMCAT_HOME]/common/lib John Sidney-Woollett Jonathan Drnek said: > I am having a problem setting up a data source in tomcat. I seem to > remember having this problem last time I played with it several moths > ago but I don't remember what I did to fix it. > > I am running Tomcat 5.0.16 with JVM version 1.4.2_03-b02 on windows > 2000. > > I am trying to connect to an Oracle 8.1.7.1.0 database. > > I have placed the ojdbc14.jar file in common\lib > > The error I am getting is > > javax.servlet.ServletException: Cannot create JDBC driver of class '' > for connect URL 'null', cause: No suitable driver > > I am using oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver because that's what the docs > said, but I seem to recall that was not correct. I just can't find > anything that tells me what other driver I should be using. > > > My server.xml file has > > . > . > . > <Resource name="jdbc/ordt" type="javax.sql.DataSource"/> > . > . > . > </ResourceParams> > <ResourceParams name="jdbc/ordt"> > <parameter> > <name>validationQuery</name> > <value>select * from dual</value> > </parameter> > <parameter> > <name>url</name> > <value>jdbc:oracle:thin:@holl302h:1521:ORDT</value> > </parameter> > <parameter> > <name>password</name> > <value>password</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>username</name> > <value>username</value> > </parameter> > <parameter> > <name>maxIdle</name> > <value>2</value> > </parameter> > </ResourceParams> > . > . > . > > web.xml looks like > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> > > <!DOCTYPE web-app > PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" > "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd";> > > <web-app> > <display-name>Metrology Lab</display-name> > <description> > First Source Metrology Lab > </description> > > <resource-ref> > <description>Oracle Datasource example</description> > <res-ref-name>jdbc/ordt</res-ref-name> > <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type> > <res-auth>Container</res-auth> > </resource-ref> > > </web-app> > > my code looks like > > Context initContext = new InitialContext(); > Context envContext > (Context)initContext.lookup("java:/comp/env"); > DataSource ds = (DataSource)envContext.lookup("jdbc/ordt"); > Connection conn = ds.getConnection(); > > Thanks for any help, > > Jon Drnek > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
