You can place it in the context.xml file if it is to apply only for that app. I run 5.0 and use global data resources, so I don't have an example but I am sure that there are several on the list that can provide one.
Often books are based on the examples from the web, or visa versa. Also the 5.5 docs are a modified version of the 5.0 docs (At least it appears that way).
You may wish to start a new thread and ask for some help on setups.
Doug
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Horodecki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: Is 5.5.9 stable?
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]>
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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] > > >
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