Please stop top posting. On 26.07.2011, at 12:02, A Df wrote: >> On 25.07.2011, at 22:40, A Df wrote: >> >>> Dear All: >>> >>> I have read numerous posts and documentation and now I really need help. >>> >>> >>> I am using the following: >>> >>> Product Version: NetBeans IDE 7.0 (Build 201104080000) >>> >>> I performed the steps below as follows: >>> >>> I have added the MySQL Connector/J JDBC Driver to the $CATALINA_HOME/lib >>> directory >>> However, it gives the error: >>> org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create JDBC driver >>> OR >>> java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver >> >> Are you launching Tomcat from within Netbeans? Then I'd suspect that >> Netbeans sets it >> up with its own configuration, and esp. with a project specific class path. >> Most instructions >> out there imply that you launch Tomcat with the supplied scripts or service >> utilities, and not with >> an IDE plugin. >> >> Try >> * launching Tomcat manually, by shell/batch scripts OR >> * add the JDBC driver also to your Netbeans project class path
> Hi Rainer: > > I had already added the JDBC driver to my Netbeans project class path and > that worked for awhile then stopped. Well sorry, no idea, as I don't use Netbeans. Maybe ask on a Netbeans list/forum. > > I will have to do some reading on launching Tomcat manually by shell/batch > scripts but I don't have much time as I have a deadline to meet which is my > major concern. Not much to read. See RUNNING.txt in a tomcat distribution. $CATALINA_HOME/lib is the correct place for the driver. Rainer --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
