Hi Frank, Putting it in the common/lib directory is the correct place for it if you want it accessible by Tomcat and alll your web apps. That way you don't have multiple copies of your JDBC driver cluttering up your system. Put it in WEB-INF/lib makes it available to only that web app.
This is explained in README in the Tomcat docs. Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 5:06 PM Subject: JDBC Driver Installation > > for mysql jdbc driver, I just copied "mysql-connector-java-2.0.14-bin.jar" > to the "tomcat/common/lib" directory and restart tomcat. the application > can find the driver without a problem. Is this the right way to install > the jdbc driver? or shall it copy it to the application's own > "WEB-INF/lib" directory? Which is the preferred way? > > today when I try the same thing for the oracle jdbc driver "classes12.zip", > this trick doesn't work anymore. I have to rename it to "classes12.jar" > before I copy to "tomcat/common/lib". Am I doing something wrong or > this is the way? Why wouldn't oracle release it as "classes12.jar" then? > > Thanks! > Frank -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
