Hi Marco, Thanks for your help in pointing me to the right section of the README
I have replaced the driver ref with the right string but I'm still getting the same error message when I try to run the xsp. Jens, Thanks for your suggestion too of including the port number in the .xconf dburl in the form <dburl>jdbc:mysql://localhost:8080/dbname but that just makes the server startup procedure hang half way through. I don't really understand why this is. Frustrated and feeling rather thick, Phil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 April 2003 23:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AW: Newbie: yet ANOTHER problem: db access (NoValidConnectionException) first, HTH = Hope That Helps ;-), my first name is marco, my mysql driver jar's name is 'mysql-connector-java-2.0.14-bin.jar' (which is in WEB-INF/lib). within the jar I have a file README. a snip from the section 'USAGE AND INSTALLATION': ... If you are going to use the driver with the JDBC DriverManager, you would use "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" as the class that implements java.sql.Driver. You might use this name in a Class.forName() call to load the driver: Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance(); To connect to the database, you need to use a JDBC url with the following format ([xxx] denotes optional url components): jdbc:mysql://[hostname][:port]/[dbname][?param1=value1][¶m2=value2]..... URL Parameters (can be passed as properties in DriverManager.getConnection() as well): ... so the driver class to load at startup in my case is com.mysql.jdbc.Driver. the README also lists URL parameters that can be supplied in the driver url. > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Auftrag von Phil Coultard > Gesendet: Freitag, 4. April 2003 22:40 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: RE: Newbie: yet ANOTHER problem: db access > (NoValidConnectionException) > > > Hi HTH, > > Thanks for your suggestion but that didn't work - I'm still > getting the same > message (even after re-starting the server and deleting the work > directory). > > I have read the readme enclosed with the jar but to my uneducated eye it > does not seem to enclose a ref to what I should call the class. > > Kind Regards > > Phil > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 April 2003 19:20 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: AW: Newbie: yet ANOTHER problem: db access > (NoValidConnectionException) > > > hi phil, > > please try com.mysql.jdbc.Driver as the driver class. that should > work. your > dburl seems to be correct. > > otherwise have a look into your mysql-connector jar. there should be a > README inside. > > HTH > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Auftrag von Phil Coultard > > Gesendet: Freitag, 4. April 2003 19:53 > > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Betreff: Newbie: yet ANOTHER problem: db access > > (NoValidConnectionException) > > > > > > Geoff: Thanks for all your help, you are a star. > > > > Big apologies from a newbie struggling with the basics of Cocoon... > > > > I have run into yet another problem which I don't seem to be able to get > > over... > > > > This time I am trying to connect to a MySQL db but get the message: > > > > ERROR (2003-04-04) 16:18.09:150 [sitemap.generator.serverpages] > > (/ltd_coultard/mount/com_coultard/tickets) Thread-10/tickets_xsp: > > Could not > > get the datasource > > org.apache.avalon.excalibur.datasource.NoValidConnectionException: > > No valid > > JdbcConnection class available > > > > in the error log file > > (tomcat/webapps/applicationname/WEB-INF/logs/error.log) when I > run my xsp > > (enclosed below) > > > > I am also new to MySQL but am familiar with MSSQL so... > > > > I have: > > -made the db (called coultard) and made sure MySQL is running (it > > works fine > > solo) > > -put the MySQL db jar file > (mysql-connector-java-3.0.6-stable-bin.jar) in > > C:\tomcat\common\lib > > -put the init-param for preloading the driver in web.xml as below. > > -defined the connection pool as below > > -attempted to run the xsp below > > > > I just spits out the title of the page and the session user > value (which I > > have set via a login script) which would be consistent with > their being no > > results except the same sql statement returns results if run directly in > > MySQL and the error message suggests to me it's not even > getting that far. > > > > I am using: > > Win 98 > > JDK 1.3.1 > > Tomcat 4.1.24 > > Cocoon 2.0.4 > > > > MySQL 4.0.12Win > > jar file from: mysql-connector-java-3.0.6-stable > > > > What confuses me is that my book (Cocoon developers handbook) assures me > > that any errors preloading the driver or defining the > connection pool will > > be thrown up when they are attempted (when the application > > starts) and shown > > in access.log and core.log respectfully. My entries in these > two logs look > > fine: > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------- > > ---- > > DEBUG (2003-04-04) 16:14.22:850 [access] (Unknown-URI) > > Unknown-thread/CocoonServlet: Trying to load class: > > org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------- > > ---- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------- > > ---- > > DEBUG (2003-04-04) 16:14.24:010 [core.manager] (Unknown-URI) > > Unknown-thread/DefaultComponentFactory: logger attribute is > > core.datasources.coultard > > DEBUG (2003-04-04) 16:14.24:390 [core.manager] (Unknown-URI) > > Unknown-thread/ThreadSafeComponentHandler: ComponentHandler > > initialized for: > > org.apache.avalon.excalibur.datasource.ResourceLimitingJdbcDataSource > > DEBUG (2003-04-04) 16:14.24:390 [core.manager] (Unknown-URI) > > Unknown-thread/ExcaliburComponentSelector: Adding > > > org.apache.avalon.excalibur.datasource.ResourceLimitingJdbcDataSource for > > hint [coultard] > > DEBUG (2003-04-04) 16:14.24:390 [core.manager] (Unknown-URI) > > Unknown-thread/ThreadSafeComponentHandler: ComponentHandler > > initialized for: > > org.apache.avalon.excalibur.component.ExcaliburComponentSelector > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------- > > ---- > > > > And yet the error thrown when I try to load the page rather > suggests to me > > that it can't find, or hasn't 'installed' the jar file properly... > > > > On the assumption that the preload and connection pool > substantiations are > > working I have two theories (which I'm sure are probably wrong!) > > 1. That the <param-value>org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver is incorrect. > I got this > > value from my book but it is sadly for an older MySQL driver. I > > notice the > > first line of the README which comes with the jar file reads "MySQL > > Connector/J 3.0.6 Stable (formerly MM.MySQL)" and was wondering if this > > change in naming convention is mirrored somehow in it. I have > > been unable to > > find a reference for the correct string for this value (MySQL > referring to > > "read your servlet engine or application server vendor's documentation"; > > Cocoon seemingly not making a reference to what these strings should be > > except for the commented WebSphere, Oracle and IBMWebshpere). Further > > attempts to substantiate this theory and attempts at guessing its > > value have > > been unfruitful. > > > > 2. That my reference to the dburl is incorrect. My db is > > physically located > > in C:\mysql\data\ and not under the tomcat/webapps dir so I was > > wondering if > > this had any influence on the matter. > > > > > > Thankfully > > > > Phil > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------- > > ---- > > extract from tomcat/webapps/applicationname/WEB-INF/web.xml > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------- > > ---- > > <init-param> > > <param-name>load-class</param-name> > > <param-value> > > org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver > > </param-value> > > </init-param> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------- > > ---- > > extract from tomcat/webapps/applicationname/WEB-INF/cocoon.xconf > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------- > > ---- > > <!-- Datasources: --> > > <datasources> > > <jdbc name="coultard" logger="core.datasources.coultard"> > > <pool-controller max="10" min="5"/> > > <auto-commit>false</auto-commit> > > <dburl>jdbc:mysql://localhost/coultard</dburl> > > <user>root</user> > > <password/> > > </jdbc> > > </datasources> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------- > > ---- > > tickets.xsp > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------- > > ---- > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> > > > > <xsp:page language="java" > > xmlns:xsp="http://apache.org/xsp" > > xmlns:esql="http://apache.org/cocoon/SQL/v2" > > xmlns:xsp-session="http://apache.org/xsp/session/2.0" > > > > > > > <page> > > > > <page-title>Trouble tickets for <xsp-session:get-attribute > > name="user"/></page-title> > > > > <content> > > > > <esql:connection> > > <esql:pool>coultard</esql:pool> > > <esql:execute-query> > > <esql:query> > > select * from TroubleTickets where Customer = > > '<xsp-session:get-attribute name="user"/>' > > order by TicketOpened > > </esql:query> > > <esql:results> > > <tickets> > > <esql:row-results> > > <ticket> > > <esql:get-columns/> > > </ticket> > > </esql:row-results> > > </tickets> > > </esql:results> > > </esql:execute-query> > > </esql:connection> > > > > </content> > > </page> > > > > </xsp:page> > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.465 / Virus Database: 263 - Release Date: 25/03/03 > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.465 / Virus Database: 263 - Release Date: 25/03/03 > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.465 / Virus Database: 263 - Release Date: 25/03/03 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. 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