Its not deterministic. Save yourself a lot of time, and don't complain about it and ask it to be changed. You need to re-think your logic so there is not a dependency. A pretty obvious solution would be to have either application check to see if the database is started, and if not start the database.
George Sexton MH Software, Inc. http://www.mhsoftware.com/ Voice: 303 438 9585 > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Menzel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:53 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Order of WebApp Loading > > Hi there, > > I have a question concerning Tomcats webapp loading: > What is the order in which tomcats loads its webapps ? > I have two webapps configured by > /conf/Catalina/localhost/XXX.xml and I > need one webapp to be loaded before the other, because it starts the > database. > How does Tomcat choose the first, second, ... > And what is the loading sequence, if both are deployed as a .war ? > > Kind regards, Peter Menzel > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]