server.xml is the old location for the <Context> but these days it's usually found either in conf/Catalina/[hostname]/[appname].xml or in webapps/[appname]/META-INF/context.xml.
Also note that the syntax of <Resource> has changed in 5.5. See http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.html -- Len On 11/9/05, Benjamin Slade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can someone point me to some resources for setting up Tomcat so that > servlets/JSP's can connect to a local MySQL database? > > The instructions for configuring Connector/J (at > dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/cj-tomcat-config.html ) don't seem to > match the setup of my tomcat/conf/server.xml file. Specifically, the > Connector/J web page talks about adding: > > <Resource name="jdbc/MySQLDB" > auth="Container" > type="javax.sql.DataSource"/> > > Inside the <Context> tag of the conf/server.xml file, but there is no > <Context> tag in my conf/server.xml. Should I add one? Or should I > add these XML tags to the tomcat/conf/context.xml? Where can I find > documentation on the structure of the server.xml and context.xml > files? The Apache Tomcat Configuration Reference web page doesn't have > much and neither does the Database question in the Tomcat FAQ. I've > searched the tomcat.apache.org archives, but I haven't found anything > which talks directly about this (maybe I'm just not using the right > search terms) > > The Apache Tomcat Configuration Reference: The Context Container web > page (tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/context.html ) seems to > have lots of information, but it seems like a lot of reference detail. > I just need a database "Hello World" example. > > I'm a newbie so I'm not familiar with the structure/semantics of the > server.xml and context.xml files. Also, I haven't gotten around to > learning how JNDI works. I was sort of hoping to do a "Hello World" > database JSP before delving into all of the system guts. But if I have > to, where can I find reference documentation for the various config > files for Tomcat? > > Thanks > Ben Slade --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
