Alright, thats fine. Instead can I define a global Datasource name rather than restrict it to the one web application?
Regards, Anthony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 2:26 PM Subject: Re: context.xml inside war and outside > > > On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Anthony Ikeda wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:16:58 +1100 > > From: Anthony Ikeda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: context.xml inside war and outside > > > > Thanks for clearing that up Craig, however I still have problems with the > > unpackwars attrbiute. > > > > I'm not a fan of unpackWARs under any circumstances (if you're installing > WARs you should let Tomcat run from the WAR directly; otherwise you should > be installing an unpacked directory already), but we're stuck with it for > backwards compatibility :-(. > > > If I put my Context details in the server.xml file and leave the un-exploded > > war file in web apps, Tomcat starts up but throws an exception: > > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base > > K:\Extensions\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.12\webapps\reality does not exist or is not > > a readable directory > > at > > org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext.java:19 > > 3) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3397) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:738) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:347) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:497) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2189) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:510) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:400) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180) > > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203) > > > > And I have to explode the war manually before I start the server. > > > > Why???????? > > > > My context: > > <Context path="/reality" docBase="reality" debug="5" reloadable="true" > > crossContext="true">... > > > > My Host tag is as such: > > <Host name="localhost" debug="0" appBase="webapps" unpackWARs="true" > > autoDeploy="true"> > > > > I've tried setting the docBase to the war file, but the war isn't exploded > > and it runs off the war file directly. This means, an XML file I use for > > config in my WEB-INF folder is inaccessible. (Unless I move this now to the > > classes folder and load it through a classloader, which means I can't edit > > it, etc, etc...). I know, I know I shouldn't be writing to the web app but I > > need to ;-) > > > > I didn't know you could use a WAR file in "webapps" and a <Context> > element at the same time. If that's what you want, it sounds like time > for a bug report: <http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/>. > > > If all comes to worse, I just move my config to the database instead. > > > > Why don't you just stick the context.xml file into "webapps" instead? It > will still get auto-deployed, and the docBase there can point wherever > you've go the actual webapp. > > > Cheers, > > Anthony > > Craig > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 12:01 PM > > Subject: Re: context.xml inside war and outside > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Anthony Ikeda wrote: > > > > > > > Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:08:51 +1100 > > > > From: Anthony Ikeda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: context.xml inside war and outside > > > > > > > > I have moved my Context declarations from the server.xml file to a > > > > META-INF/context.xml file in my war file. > > > > > > IIRC, that will only work if you use the "deploy" command of the manager > > > webapp to deploy the app. It's not recognized by the auto-deploy of WAR > > > files in the "webapps" directory, or for contexts installed with the > > > "install" command. > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
