The "Modified directory structure" section of http://tomcat.apache.org/migration.html describes what you need to do. I created my own ${catalina.home}/lib/shared subdirectory to keep the out-of-the-box jars separate from my jars.
----- Original Message ---- From: David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 5:29:11 AM Subject: Re: Update Tomcat 5 -> 6 .. JDBC driver problem In tomcat 6, the new common/lib is simply lib as I understand it. Could you post your config? The error you originally posted typically indicates a misconfiguration as opposed to not being able to find the driver class. --David Rene Guenther wrote: > Alas, still the same error. > > So you think, that I get this error because tomcat isnt able to find > the .jar file with the MySQL driver? Maybe something changed between > Tomcat 5 and 6 related to <context>? > > Regards > René > > On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:37:21 +0800 > "Allen 孙" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Put your jars into: *apache-tomcat-6.x.x/lib* will be just fine. >> >> >> 2007/6/28, Rene Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I am still getting >>> the same error with tomcat 6.0.13 >>> >>> Regards >>> René >>> >>> On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:34:10 -0700 (PDT) >>> gregory hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > try to put your jdbc in your web application >>> >(WEB-INF/LIB/). stop the service first, put the jdbc then >>> >start again... >>> > >>> > Rene Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >Hello, >>> > >>> > I am getting the following exception with tomcat 6.0.13: >>> > >>> > Cannot create JDBC driver of class '' for connect URL >>> > 'null' >>> > >>> > This exception I dont get with tomcat 5.5.23 >>> > >>> > I put the mysql jdbc driver (version 5.x) into >>> > apache-tomcat-x.x.x/common/lib >>> > >>> > Anyone knows what the problem could be? >>> > >>> > (OS: Linux Debian, Java Version 1.5) >>> > >>> > Regards >>> > René >>> > >>> > >>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org >>> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >For additional commands, e-mail: >>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > --------------------------------- >>> > Don't pick lemons. >>> > See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Sincerely yours 孙 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]