Thank you for your reply. I thought perhaps I had been mistaken about the 5.5 documentation and I went back and checked and it does seem to be inaccurate. This is a direct quote from http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.5-doc/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.html
"Configure the JNDI DataSource in Tomcat by adding a declaration for your resource to $CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml. Add this in between the </Context> tag of the examples context and the </Host> tag closing the localhost definition." However, there is no </Context> tag in server.xml any longer because contexts are in their own file. I then attempted to place it in context.xml but it would not work. I don't feel comfortable doing something other then what the instructions say. I also purchased a book on Tomcat 5.5 and it also instructed to put the <Context> in server.xml. Is there something I'm missing here? Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: Parsons Technical Services <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, April 29, 2005 10:31 pm Subject: Re: Is 5.5.9 stable? > Both are latest and greatest. If 5.0.28 works fine for you then I > don't see > any reason not to stick with it for now. > > > The main difference in the two (as I have read) is that 5.5 does > not need > the JDK and as such resolves some license issues for a lot of > users who > wanted to package and distribute Tomcat as turn key. The JRE can > be done > this way but not the JDK. So for now you are fine with the 5.0 > branch. And > please anyone correct me if I am wrong here or the is any other > major > reasons. > > As for the JDBC did you follow the instructions on the 5.5 web > page? The 5.0 > page is different and will not work. > > I know there is a note on the 5.5 page, but maybe we could ask > nicely if > someone could put a big warning on the 5.0 page about 5.5 > > As for 5.5.8 there should be a link for the archives that will > take you to > it. > > Doug > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gene Horodecki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 3:31 PM > Subject: Is 5.5.9 stable? > > > > I've been battling this all week, I'm hoping someone can lend a > helping > > hand. I read that Tomcat 5.5.9 was the latest stable version > and so I > > downloaded it and installed on Linux FC2 and AIX 5.1, though I > realize on > > the website it says 'current development focus'-- does this mean > it is not > > stable? I attempted to follow the accompanying documentation on > setting > > up a JDBC resource, as well as similar instructions in a book > that I > > purchased. I could not do so because I found that 5.5.9 > utilizes a > > seperate context.xml file which does not seem to be referenced > in any > > documentation anywhere. This changed things, such as the > location of > > <DefaultContext>, etc. I attempted to compensate but I could > not get a > > JDBC config to work without error. I read one post on the > internet in > > which a user ran into the same problem and the advice was to go > to > > 5.5.8-stable, which is not available on the primary downloading > site. In > > desperation, I installed Tomcat 5.0.28 which seems to work well > > but I want to make sure I am using the latest and greatest. All > I want is > > a stable version that works. Which version should I use? To me > the > > online instructions on the matter do not seem clear. > > > > Thanks so much for your comments / suggestions. > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
