Hi Brian,
many thanks for the suggestions, I'm sure I'm now close, but I'm not
quite out of the trees yet. I have looked up the spec and followed your
suggestion to specify the datasource and I have changed one of the
context-params to simply dataSource. This means I now no longer get the
same error message but instead I get an error message at the point where
I call ShowTest (which is the context-param I changed) which has the
root cause;
javax.servlet.ServletException: Unable to get connection, DataSource invalid:
"java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver"
I'm not sure why this is. If you can see it please let me know.
Once again many thanks,
Iain.
Brian Buchanan wrote:
As I understand your problem, you have two JDBC Datasources setup,
jdbc/mydb and jdbc/curzon, and you are using JSTL which means to me that
your JSP pages have <sql:...> tags in them.
I think you are just missing the fact that the <sql:> tags *default* to
the JDBC connection as specified by the context param
javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.sql.dataSource. That's only the DEFAULT value.
You can override the JDBC source in the tag:
You need the JSTL specification from here:
http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/jstl/index.jsp
and checkout page 121.
In short: specify dataSource attribute to override the default.
Finally, you should only define the value for the context-param
'javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.sql.dataSource' once in your web.xml. It's only
setting the default for the context so having the second is only
overriding the first. (or the otherway around)
sample.jsp (untested)
----------
<%@ page language='java'%>
<%@ taglib prefix='sql' uri='http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql' %>
<%@ taglib prefix='c' uri='http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core' %>
<sql:query var='testmydb' dataSource='jdbc/mydb'>
select * from Film
</sql:query>
<sql:query var='testcurzon' dataSource='jdbc/curzon'>
select * from Film
</sql:query>
... etc.
I HTH.
._. Brian
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-----Original Message-----
From: I D B Major <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:44:37 +0100
Hi all,
please can someone confirm whether I need to clarify anything in my
question or take a different approach since I have had no replies and
am
anxious to make sure I am doing all I can to seek help in the correct
way. Please correct me if my approach is wrong!
many thanks
Iain
I D B Major wrote:
Hi
I am a student trying to set up a project using JSP with JSTL custom
tags to provide dynamic pages to allow a web-based ticketing system
for independent cinemas. I am at the early stages of testing that I
can use the technologies. I have installed and configured Tomcat to
allow password protection to the site and I have embedded a McKoi
database which I can access and use to do insert, update and delete
queries using a test JSP page which has customised JSTL tags that are
used to run the SQL query on the database.
I am now trying to display data from two separate databases. I can
get
each to display separately but not both at once. My issues seem to be
around the details held in web.xml which are as follows;
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.sql.dataSource</param-name>
<param-value>jdbc/mydb</param-value>
</context-param>
<resource-ref>
<description>DB Connection</description>
<res-ref-name>jdbc/mydb</res-ref-name>
<res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
<res-auth>Container</res-auth>
</resource-ref>
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.sql.dataSource</param-name>
<param-value>jdbc/curzon</param-value>
</context-param>
<resource-ref>
<description>DB Connection</description>
<res-ref-name>jdbc/curzon</res-ref-name>
<res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
<res-auth>Container</res-auth>
</resource-ref>
If I change the name of either of the <param-name> then the other
will
work and allow database access to that database (ie <Resource>
details
in server.xml are correctly recorded) but the one which is altered is
not available so that Tomcat displays an error message to say the
table requested is not found;
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: javax.servlet.jsp.JspException:
select * from Film
: Table 'APP.Film' was not found.
I have googled and googled, read the apache website in all areas I
can
think of to look up and have asked my tutor for help. All without
success. I have discovered that the <param-name> given above is a
default so I tried adjusting the names (setting first one and then
the
other to javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.dataSource.other or
javax.servlet.jsp.jstl..otherdataSource or other.dataSource) and even
removing the <context-param> altogether but none of these work.
Please can someone point me in the right direction for how to find
out
what the <param-name> needs to be set to in order to allow two
databases to be accessed at once?
many thanks,
Iain M
