This is a MySql problem. It shuts down connections if they have been idle for too long. You need a pool manager that takes care of this. Something like c3p0 will do the job.
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:28:09 +0000 (GMT), Krishnakant Mane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hello all, > I am Krishnakant Mane from India. I own a software > firm and we generally implement our systems on linux > and all open source servers like jakarta tomcat and > apache server in particular. of late I have been > facing a strange problem with tomcat. > I am a tomcat 5 aka 5.0.25 user. I have deployed an > database based application using mysql as the > back-end. I use mysql jdbc driver to connect to the > database. > the application runs fine for a long time. I check it > personally for the entire day. since our developers > work on the server the entire day, I am sure there is > that it works. but when we shut our office and come > next day morning, the application does not respond. > what could be the problem. > it is strange to see that when the server is under > some kind of a small work load it works absolutely > fine. but when we don't touch it for the entire night > the thing sympally does not work. does tomcat also > require warm-up? haha. > by the way, I have kept the jdbc (jar) library in the > common/lib directory as all my applications are > database based. is it the right thing to do? > and lastly what steps should I take to avoid the above > mentioned problem. one thing I will like to mention. > when the application give problem in the morning, it > responds with just the title and when it comes to the > database connection it gets stuck I believe. but when > I run some console app with the same jdbc driver it > properly connects to the same database/table. and the > application works fine when I reload again. > Please provide some valuable feedback > thanks > Krishnakant. > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Win a castle for NYE with your mates and Yahoo! Messenger > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
