Hi, In the JDBC 2.0 Standard extension package, it has an API for the connection pooling mechanism. Therefore to configure the connection pooling mechanism , the specification mentions the need of a Data Source. What i wanted to know is that is this data source related to the server or the Oracle driver? TIA Vinoj -----Original Message----- From: Benoît Jacquemont [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 6:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: DSN Hi, What do you mean by Data Source Name ?? Looks like an ODBC term, doesn't it ? To connect to a database through JDBC, you only need the URL of the database. The form of the url may depend of the database system you use (by the way, which database system are you using ?). If you're using a JDBC-ODBC driver, you have to configure the DSN, but there's no link with the connecion pooling mechanism. Benoît > Hi > > I'm quite new to Tomcat and therefore i have a doubt...how do we > configure the Data Source name for JDBC in Tomcat? If this is > possible, then > we might be able to use the connection pooling mechanism of > JDBC, right? > > TIA > Vinoj
