Kevin, Some database software (such as Hibernate[.org]) can automatically initialize a pool of database connections for you. I use Hibernate (with a Struts plugIn to set it up), one of the various pooling packages it supports, and am trying to learn how to use some of the many data caching packages available within it. The database pooling includes (at least) C3P0 (http://c3p0.sourceforge.net), DBCP (http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/dbcp), and Proxool (http://proxool.sourceforge.net). For caces, it supports JCS, EhCache, OSCache, TreeCache (JBoss), and probably more I can't think of right now. Of course, with their base classes for both so you could always create your own interface should your favorite pooling or caching software not be found on their site or as a usable class file somewhere inside the great, old Internet.
Regards, David -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Bridges [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 7:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: database pooling for struts Hi. I am completely new at struts and fairly new to java ... so if these questions are blatantly ignorant please be kind. If this email is out of scope for this list, please notify me off-list. I am interested in setting up database pooling for struts and have been following a tutorial located at http://www.arc-mind.com/chapters/strutsTut.pdf (p.27), which outlines a process for doing so. The tutorial makes reference to a struts-legacy.jar that ships with Struts 1.1 along with commons-dbcp.jar and commons-pool.jar. The tutorial is completely written for Struts 1.1 I'm using Struts 1.2.4 on Tomcat 4.1 ... Should I continue to follow the tutorials 1.1 path, or is there a better approach I can utilize for Struts 1.2.4? Any pointers to tutorials or additional reference material is greatly appreciated. Thanks. Kevin Bridges --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
