It was this David. 5.0 is a little different. Thanks to all that helped out!
<Context debug="4" docBase="C:/Java/eclipse-europa/europa-workspace/bop-med/web" path="/bop-med" reloadable="true" workDir="work\Catalina\localhost\bop-med"> <Resource name="jdbc/medical" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource"/> <ResourceParams name="jdbc/medical"> <parameter> <name>maxActive</name> <value>10</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>maxIdle</name> <value>1</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>maxWait</name> <value>10000</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>username</name> <value>user</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>password</name> <value>password</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>driverClassName</name> <value>com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>url</name> <value>jdbc:db2://server:50000/medical</value> </parameter> </ResourceParams> </Context> Also Chris we still use 5.0 tomcat because we are still on Java 1.4, although we will on Java 5 very soon. We are stuck in the past like a Simon and Simon re-run... Tom -----Original Message----- From: David Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 10:19 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Tomcat JNDI datasource Just had a brainstorm while responding on another post. The docs for 5.0.30 should describe defining a resource in terms of a <Resource ... /> element and a <ResourceParams>....</ResourceParams> element. The resource as setup below is only correct for version 5.5.x and later. --David Tom Henricksen wrote: >I have an application in Tomcat 5.0.30 that we are trying to get to use >JDBC through JNDI. > >I am trying to follow along with >akarta-tomcat-5.0.30/webapps/tomcat-docs/jndi-datasource-examples-howto . >html. > > > >I have setup the context.xml > > > > <Context debug="4" >docBase="C:/Java/eclipse-europa/europa-workspace/bop-med/web" >path="/bop-med" reloadable="true" >workDir="work\Catalina\localhost\bop-med"> > > <Resource name="jdbc/medical" > > type="javax.sql.DataSource" > > password="password" > > driverClassName="com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver" > > maxIdle="2" > > maxWait="5000" > > validationQuery="select * from sysibm.SYSDUMMY1" > > username="user" > > url="jdbc:db2://server:50000/db" > > maxActive="4"/> > > </Context> > > > >And I have setup the web.xml with > > > > <resource-ref> > > <description>DB Connection</description> > > <res-ref-name>jdbc/medical</res-ref-name> > > <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type> > > <res-auth>Container</res-auth> > > </resource-ref> > > > > When I call the following code > > > > initCtx = new InitialContext(); > > > > Context envCtx = (Context) initCtx.lookup("java:comp/env"); > > DataSource ds = (DataSource) envCtx.lookup("jdbc/medical"); > > > > Connection conn = ds.getConnection(); > > System.out.println("DB Version : " > > + >conn.getMetaData().getDatabaseMajorVersion()); > > conn.close(); > > > > > > I get the following error > > > > org.apache.commons.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create JDBC driver >of class '' for connect URL 'null' > > at >org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSourc e >.java:780) > > at >org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.j a >va:540) > > at >com.advtechgrp.web.servlet.TestConn.processRequest(TestConn.java:37) > > at >com.advtechgrp.web.servlet.TestConn.doGet(TestConn.java:20) > > at >javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689) > > at >javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) > > at >org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Applic a >tionFilterChain.java:252) > > at >org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFil t >erChain.java:173) > > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperVal v >e.java:214) > > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveC o >ntext.java:104) > > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java: 5 >20) > > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal(StandardCo n >textValve.java:198) > > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextVal v >e.java:152) > > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveC o >ntext.java:104) > > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java: 5 >20) > > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.jav a >:137) > > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveC o >ntext.java:104) > > at >org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.jav a >:118) > > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveC o >ntext.java:102) > > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java: 5 >20) > > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve . >java:109) > > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveC o >ntext.java:104) > > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java: 5 >20) > > at >org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:929) > > at >org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:160) > > at >org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:7 9 >9) > > at >org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process C >onnection(Http11Protocol.java:705) > > at >org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:5 7 >7) > > at >org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPoo l >.java:684) > > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534) > > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > > at >java.util.StringTokenizer.<init>(StringTokenizer.java:146) > > at com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver.acceptsURL(DB2Driver.java:245) > > at java.sql.DriverManager.getDriver(DriverManager.java:232) > > at >org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSourc e >.java:773) > > ... 29 more > > > >I have the DB2 jars in the common/lib > > > >Any suggestions? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Tom Henricksen >Consultant >Advanced Technologies Group, Inc. > >* Email: [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]