Thank you for your assistance. I guess it was unclear to me because I am a complete newbie to Tomcat. I read the statement I quoted and thought I needed to 1) Open server.xml, 2) Search for </Context>, 3) Ensure there is a </Host> after </Context>, 4) Insert XML between the two. I could not execute these steps because </Context> does not exist in servers.xml, and so the document seemed completely wrong to me. Now that I have your reassurance that it CAN work, and I have been poking around a bit more, I will go back and try to make it work. I wish the documents were written so that it makes sense as per the brand new Tomcat installation.
Again, a sincere thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: Parsons Technical Services <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, April 30, 2005 8:36 pm Subject: Re: Is 5.5.9 stable? > I wouldn't say inaccurate but contradicting. Placing the > information in the > context tag in the server.xml will work but the preferred method > to declare > the context is in a separate file. Thus the instructions are not > showing the > preferred method. It is however the simplest setup for beginners. > Often the > configuration is for a manual deploy that is accomplished by > creating the > directories by hand, and not deploying the app with a war or such. > > 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]> > To: "Tomcat Users List" <[email protected]> > 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]> > >> 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: tomcat-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > For additional commands, e- > mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: tomcat-user- > [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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
