The issue could be the path attribute or docbase attribute in the context.xml. I'm not sure what values should appear for these.
-----Original Message----- From: Darren Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 11:26 AM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: RE: Database connection pooling in Tomcat 5.5 Here it is. The items in parenthesis have been removed. Thanks for the help. <Context path="/flc" docBase="flc" debug="5" reloadable="true" crossContext="true"> <!-- maxActive: Maximum number of dB connections in pool. Make sure you configure your oracle max_connections large enough to handle all of your db connections. Set to 0 for no limit. --> <!-- maxIdle: Maximum number of idle dB connections to retain in pool. Set to -1 for no limit. See also the DBCP documentation on this and the minEvictableIdleTimeMillis configuration parameter. --> <!-- maxWait: Maximum time to wait for a dB connection to become available in ms, in this example 10 seconds. An Exception is thrown if this timeout is exceeded. Set to -1 to wait indefinitely. --> <!-- username and password: Oracle dB username and password for dB connections --> <!-- driverClassName: Class name for the official Oracle thin driver is oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver. --> <!-- url: The JDBC connection url for connecting to your Oracle dB. --> <Resource name="jdbc/flc" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource" driverClassName="oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver" url="jdbc:oracle:thin:@(dbserver.domain.com):1521:(mysid)" username="(user)" password="(passwd)" maxActive="20" maxIdle="10" maxWait="-1" removeAbandoned="true" removeAbandonedTimeout="180" logAbandoned="true"/> </Context> -----Original Message----- From: Pid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 11:16 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Database connection pooling in Tomcat 5.5 post your context.xml Darren Hall wrote: > Hi all. > > > > I'm attempting to set up database connection pool using Tomcat 5.5 and > Oracle 10g. I've been following the "JNDI How To" guide from Apache > (http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.html > ). My question is - where should I define the connection pool resource? > Meaning, where should my "Resource" element appear. I've read two different > descriptions about how this should be done in the Apache documentation. The > first description (from the above link) states that I should modify > server.xml and add a new Context element as such <Context path="/DBTest" > docBase="DBTest" debug="5" reloadable="true" crossContext="true"> and in > that new context define my resource for my connection pool. However, if you > read the "Context" documentation linked to the above How-To (located at this > link: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/context.html) you'll > find in there the following text - "Please note that for tomcat 5, unlike > tomcat 4.x, it is NOT recommended to place <Context> elements directly in > the server.xml file. Instead, put them in the META-INF/context.xml directory > of your WAR file or the conf directory". So I'm wondering if I should modify > server.xml or create a context.xml file. Currently I'm trying the > context.xml file route, but it is not working (although this could be > because I'm configuring things incorrectly). Can anyone point me in the > right direction here? > > Thanks, > Darren > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]