My web.xml descriptor missing reference to JDBC data source defined in context.xml (<resource-ref> section), but web application runs just fine and pooled data source consumed by hibernate.
>From my perspective it is one setting less I have to care of. But since it does not apply neither the servlet spec nor TC documentation, I wonder is that going to be changed/fixed in the upcoming releases ? Tomcat 6.0.18 JRE 6 Update 6 Thanks, Gennady