Hi David: Thanks for your quick reply. I don't have <Resource .../> tag in web.xml. Here is the updated context.xml, <ResourceLink .../> dropped from it and web.xml as it were before.
context.xml file <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Context debug="0" displayName="ISOTracking" docBase="C:\Java\TomcatTestServer\apache-tomcat-5.5.17\webapps\ISOTrackingTest" path="/ISOTracking" reloadable="true"> <Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger" prefix="ISOTRackingTest_Log." suffix=".txt" timestamp="true"/> <!-- Define a database connection pool for SQL SERVER 2000 --> <Resource name="jdbc/sqlserver" auth="Container" factory="org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory" type="javax.sql.DataSource" driverClassName="com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver" url="jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433" username="XXX" password="XXX"maxActive="100" maxIdle="30" maxWait="10000" removeAbandoned="true" removeAbandonedTimeout="60" logAbandoned="true"/> </Context> web.xml file <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd"> <web-app> <display-name>ISOTracking</display-name> <description> Welcome TO ISO Tracking Application </description> <!-- JSPC servlet mappings start --> <servlet> <servlet-name>ISOTracking.Login_jsp</servlet-name> <servlet-class>ISOTracking.Login_jsp</servlet-class> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>ISOTracking.Login_jsp</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/Login.jsp</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <session-config> <session-timeout>30</session-timeout> </session-config> <!-- JSPC servlet mappings end --> <resource-ref> <res-ref-name>jdbc/sqlserver</res-ref-name> <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type> <res-auth>Container</res-auth> </resource-ref> </web-app> -----Original Message----- From: David Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 3:17 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create JDBC driver of class '' for connect URL 'null' The stack traces mention that the <Resource .../> tag is in web.xml (and apparently not well formed xml to boot). Please remove it. It should only be in context.xml with a <resource-ref> tag in web.xml. If there are further stack traces, could you post your new context.xml and web.xml? --David Aynalem, Seblewengel (Trawick) wrote: >Yes I do have SQL JDBC driver in common/lib as sqljdbc.jar and did drop ><ResourceLink.../> from context.xml file. Another error comes ups as follows: > >Jul 31, 2006 3:01:05 PM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener >lifecycleEvent >INFO: The Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in >production environments was not found on the java.library.path: >C:\Java\jdk1.5.0_07\bin;.;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program > Files\Common Files\Roxio >Shared\DLLShared;C:\Java\jdk1.5.0_07\bin;%CATALINA_BASE%\bin;C:\Program >Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\BINN >Jul 31, 2006 3:01:05 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol init >INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080 >Jul 31, 2006 3:01:05 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load >INFO: Initialization processed in 1732 ms >Jul 31, 2006 3:01:05 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start >INFO: Starting service Catalina >Jul 31, 2006 3:01:05 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start >INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.5.17 >Jul 31, 2006 3:01:05 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost start >INFO: XML validation disabled >Jul 31, 2006 3:01:08 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester fatalError >SEVERE: Parse Fatal Error at line 11 column 79: Element type "Resource" must >be followed by either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>". >org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Element type "Resource" must be followed by >either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>". > at > com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:236) > at > com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:215) > at > com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:386) > at > com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:316) > at > com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(XMLScanner.java:1438) > at > com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:845) > at > com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1693) > at > com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:368) > at > com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:834) > at > com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:764) > at > com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:148) > at > com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1242) > at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1561) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processContextConfig(ContextConfig.java:781) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.contextConfig(ContextConfig.java:721) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.init(ContextConfig.java:977) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:278) > at > org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.init(StandardContext.java:5130) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3945) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:904) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:867) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:474) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1122) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:310) > at > org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1021) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1013) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:709) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:551) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:294) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:432) >Jul 31, 2006 3:01:08 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig >processContextConfig >SEVERE: Parse error in default web.xml >org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Element type "Resource" must be followed by >either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>". > at > com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1269) > at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1561) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processContextConfig(ContextConfig.java:781) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.contextConfig(ContextConfig.java:721) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.init(ContextConfig.java:977) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:278) > at > org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.init(StandardContext.java:5130) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3945) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:904) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:867) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:474) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1122) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:310) > at > org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1021) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1013) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:709) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:551) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:294) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:432) >Jul 31, 2006 3:01:08 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig >processContextConfig >SEVERE: Occurred at line 11 column 79 >Jul 31, 2006 3:01:08 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig start >SEVERE: Marking this application unavailable due to previous error(s) >Jul 31, 2006 3:01:08 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start >SEVERE: Error getConfigured >Jul 31, 2006 3:01:08 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start >SEVERE: Context [/ISOTrackingTest] startup failed due to previous errors >Jul 31, 2006 3:01:09 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol start >INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080 >Jul 31, 2006 3:01:10 PM org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init >INFO: JK: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009 >Jul 31, 2006 3:01:10 PM org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start >INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/70 config=null >Jul 31, 2006 3:01:10 PM org.apache.catalina.storeconfig.StoreLoader load >INFO: Find registry server-registry.xml at classpath resource >Jul 31, 2006 3:01:10 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start >INFO: Server startup in 5147 ms > >-----Original Message----- >From: David Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 2:53 PM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: Re: org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot >create JDBC driver of class '' for connect URL 'null' > > >Is your SQL JDBC driver in common/lib? It has to be there for tomcat to >set it up as a resource. > >Also drop the <ResourceLink.../> tag from your context definition. Not >needed when the resource is defined inside the <Context...> tag and may >confuse tomcat. > >--David > >Aynalem, Seblewengel (Trawick) wrote: > > > >>Hi there: >>I am using tomcat 5.5.17 and SQL Server 2000 database with SQL Server 2005 >>JDBC Driver. OS is Windows XP professional. I have configured web.xml in >>WEB-INF directory and context.xml in META-INF directory of my application. >>Both are attached below with this email. I have a login.jsp page that asks >>for username and password... and when submit is hit, it gives the following >>error. >>org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create JDBC driver of >>class '' for connect URL 'null' >>I tried to google and tried the suggestion given but any of them doesn't seem >>to work. Is there anything wrong with my configuration? PLEASE HELP...it is >>higly appreciated. If something is not clear, please get back to me. Thank >>you so much. >>context.xml file looks like this... >><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >><Context debug="0" displayName="ISOTracking" >>docBase="C:\Java\TomcatTestServer\apache-tomcat-5.5.17\webapps\ISOTrackingTest" >> path="/ISOTracking" reloadable="true"> >> <Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger" >> prefix="ISOTRackingTest_Log." suffix=".txt" timestamp="true"/> >> <!-- Define a database connection pool for SQL SERVER 2000 --> >> <Resource name="jdbc/sqlserver" auth="Container" >> factory="org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory" >> type="javax.sql.DataSource" >> driverClassName="com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver" >> url="jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433" username="xxx" >> password="xxx"maxActive="100" maxIdle="30" maxWait="10000" >> removeAbandoned="true" removeAbandonedTimeout="60" logAbandoned="true"/> >> <ResourceLink name="jdbc/sqlserver" type="javax.sql.DataSource" >> global="jdbc/sqlserver"/> >></Context> >>web.xml looks like this... >><?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> >><!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application >>2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd"> >><web-app> >> <display-name>ISOTracking</display-name> >> <description> >> Welcome TO ISO Tracking Application >> </description> >><!-- JSPC servlet mappings start --> >> <servlet> >> <servlet-name>ISOTracking.Login_jsp</servlet-name> >> <servlet-class>ISOTracking.Login_jsp</servlet-class> >> </servlet> >> <servlet-mapping> >> <servlet-name>ISOTracking.Login_jsp</servlet-name> >> <url-pattern>/Login.jsp</url-pattern> >> </servlet-mapping> >> <session-config> >> <session-timeout>30</session-timeout> >> </session-config> >><!-- JSPC servlet mappings end --> >> <resource-ref> >> <res-ref-name>jdbc/sqlserver</res-ref-name> >> <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type> >> <res-auth>Container</res-auth> >> </resource-ref> >></web-app> >> >> >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>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] > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]