Troy Davidson wrote: > Hello, > > I've searched for an answer to this problem, but haven't found anything yet. > > Here is the problem: > > I have an application that connects to a 3rd party vendors server to request > updated information. This connection is created and closed in the Java code > each time it is needed. This works fine and the new data is pulled. > > But, if the 3rd party vendor's server goes down and they switch to their > backup server, my Java code never gets any data. I can go into Tomcat and > restart the Java app, but it still won't receive new data. If I restart > Tomcat, then, I will start to get new data. > > I have racked my brain about this for a while and just can't come up with any > answers. It seems that Tomcat is pooling the network connection and not > releasing it but reusing it each time. I would assume this is for speed, but > when the servers switch, I need a way to tell Tomcat to release the > connection and make a new one.
What exactly happens when 'they' switch to their back up server? Does a DNS name resolve to a different IP address for example? p > I hope this makes sense and someone else has seen a similar, if not the same, > problem. > > Setup Info: > Tomcat 6.0.18 > java-1_5_0-ibm-1.5.0_sr8 (The hardware team set this up, so I assume the IBM > JVM was all that was available.) > SUSE (SLES) 10 > > Any help would be great. Thanks. > > Troy Davidson > Senior Programmer > > Maverik, Inc. > 880 W. Center St. > NSL, Utah 84054 > > 801-335-3887 Office > 801-663-1460 Cell > > Thank you for allowing us to service your technical needs, > Your Technical Services Team > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
