Create a singleton class, that holds the instance of a connection in a ThreadLocal class in that singleton -- this way you don't have to keep stuff in the session...
Regards, Alex. On 7/6/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi! > > I have maybe a simple question: > > My web-app has to get data out of a database. I have a class > DatabaseHandler > which > holds a connection to the database and provides methods to query it. I > would > like to > have only one instance of this class in my web-app. But I don't know where > to put it. > Should it be stored in the ServletContext for application scope? But how > do > I access > this instance from my Actions? Or would it be better to use data-sources? > If > I should > use them, does anybody know a good tutorial on the internet? Perhaps > hibernate would > be a good choice too, but I think its a bit oversized for my application. > You see - I > am a total newbie concerning the use of databases with struts. Please > help!!! > > Peter > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
