I've a similar situation where I have to provide million of check images. What I did was to create a context - using a simple xml file in webapps - for each context.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Zach Moazeni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <users@tomcat.apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 5:49 PM Subject: Re: Accessing Files outside of WebApp > Sorry, > > keep = keen > > -Zach > > Zach Moazeni wrote: > > > Even then I have to bring out the byte array into somewhere so that > > they're link is active. Like I said I'd rather not do any type of copy > > over for this link. > > Plus I'm not too keep on Blobs in databases anyway. > > > > I think the other's suggestion of the Servlet mapping will do great. > > Thanks for all the input. > > > > -Zach > > > > > > > > CARROLL, MIKE (CONTRACTOR) wrote: > > > >> Why not just store the file in a database as a BLOB? Let the database > >> worry about where they go... > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Zach Moazeni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, > >> January 11, 2006 2:16 PM > >> To: Tomcat Users List > >> Subject: Accessing Files outside of WebApp > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> In our current application I need to link to a file that resides > >> outside of the webapp directory. On another application we allowed > >> the users upload files and stored them in the webapp directory, which > >> made deployment a royal pain. This time we are storing the files in a > >> location external to Tomcat, however I need to let the users click a > >> link so they can download and open the file. I'd rather not "copy > >> over" the file to a tmp directory from which they download. > >> > >> In Apache there was something like <Location>, is there something > >> like that in Tomcat? > >> > >> Thanks for any input. > >> -Zach > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
