Hi Friends, I'm using Struts 1.2.7, Tomcat 5.5.25. I'm trying to create a datasource for my struts application.
This is my struts-config.xml file ######################################################################## <struts-config> <data-sources> <data-source type="org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSource"> <set-property property="driverClassName" value="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" /> <set-property property="url" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test?autoReconnect=true" /> <set-property property="username" value="root" /> <set-property property="password" value="santhosh" /> <set-property property="maxActive" value="10" /> <set-property property="maxWait" value="5000" /> <set-property property="defaultAutoCommit" value="false" /> <set-property property="defaultReadOnly" value="false" /> </data-source> </data-sources> . . . . </struts-config> ######################################################################## When I place "mysql-connector-java-5.0.3-bin.jar" file in "/WEB-INF/lib" directory, I get an error saying "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver not found". But when I place "mysql-connector-java-5.0.3-bin.jar" file in "$CATALINA_HOME/commons/lib" directory, everything works fine! Why should we must place the .jar file in "$CATALINA_HOME/commons/lib" only rather than in "/WEB-INF/lib". Why is Tomcat unable to find when I place it in "/WEB-INF/lib" folder?? D.Sai Reddy VNR VJIET. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]