> From: Scott McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: jdbc connection pooling > > The developer says that the jar file containing the > database driver should be published within the web > applications WEB-INF/lib folder while I say it should > be in $CATALINA_HOME/common/lib.
You are correct, the developer is wrong. If Tomcat is to manage the connections, its internal classes must be able to see the JDBC driver classes. Look at the classloader hierarchy. Note that Tomcat 5.0.x is deprecated; you should be using a newer level. > We hoped to define the datasource as a Resource within a > DefaultContext element in the server.xml so it is available > to all web applications. This is not unusual, although <DefaultContext> is not used in 5.5 and beyond; there's a context.xml file in the conf directory instead. > Also any gotchas to look out for with connection pooling would be > helpful from those who have actually done it. Make sure the webapp code includes finally clauses on all DB access to make sure the connections are logically closed and thereby returned to the pool. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
