David that helps a bit more... See comments below: On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:44 PM, <dvosbu...@aol.com> wrote:
> > > Here is the localhost log file also. This might be useful. This is after > the app is deployed and the home page launched. > > Apr 04, 2013 12:36:48 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log > SEVERE: StandardWrapper.Throwable > * java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/transaction/Synchronization > at > org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1005) > * > * at > com.systemsmadesimple.hibernate.HibernateUtil.<clinit>(HibernateUtil.java:43) > * > This is the class initialization (clinit) part that is failing. > Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.transaction. > Synchronization > at > org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1713) > at > org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1558) > ... 23 more > > Apr 04, 2013 12:36:48 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext > loadOnStartup > SEVERE: Servlet /SystemsMadeSimple threw load() exception > * java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.transaction.Synchronization > * So you seem to be missing *javax.transaction.Synchronization* which should be in jta.jar file. Now, Tomcat does not have transaction manager like JBoss (full-blown appserver), so if you have a need for one, you would need to use an external transaction manager, such as SimpleJTA, Atomikos, etc... Now, my guess is that you don't need that since you have a single datasource and you can leverage database (JDBC) transaction manager instead. So, it seems your culprit is the hibernate.cfg.xml configuration that sets up the transaction manager... Can you post the full *hibernate.cfg.xml* one more time (remove any passwords)... Cheers Neven
