Ok, I have added the line DBVAL=mydb_dev
to catalina.properties. Now I define a Realm in my webabb's context.xml: <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.JDBCRealm" driverName="org.postgresql.Driver" connectionURL="jdbc:postgresql://myserver:5432/${DBVAL}" connectionName="xxx" connectionPassword="yyy" userTable="users" userRoleTable="roles" userNameCol="name" userCredCol="pw" roleNameCol="role" digest="MD5" /> However, in the logfiles I can find: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: FATAL: database "${DBVAL}" does not exist It seems, that the parameter value was not replaced. What I would like to have is to define a Realm once in context.xml, that will be used both on a development and on a productive server. The servers define the actual name of the database (here "mydb_dev"), e.g. in catalina.properties. Christopher Schultz-2 wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Laicreparc, > > On 4/13/2011 11:38 AM, Laicreparc wrote: >> How can the variable (i.e. here BPVAL be set)? E.g. in server.xml? > > Did you read the post? It says how to set those values. > >> Is <context-param> really in context.xml? Looks more like web.xml to >> me. > > I think it was just an example. Would you prefer <Resource > param="${BPVAL}" />? > > - -chris > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk2mCvYACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PAM/ACdHAmti7Wf11o5AUqivmk3iZtw > VpsAoLv7NToDVbVThrVCRgO1KTlX21nt > =g1qE > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/%27Parametrizing%27-context.xml--tp26780552p31397140.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org