Hi, I think there is a misunderstanding. It is already possible to use data sources in Jackrabbit as described here:
http://wiki.apache.org/jackrabbit/PersistenceManagerFAQ "As of Jackrabbit 1.4, the connection can be created using a JNDI Data Source as well. To do that, the driver class name must reference a javax.naming.Context class (for example javax.naming.InitialContext), and the URL must be the JNDI URL (for example java:comp/env/jdbc/Test)." I think this paragraph is hidden too much, I will add a title to it and add it to the FAQ as well. >> If you get database connection pooling in Jackrabbit without >> DataSources (using the aforementioned commons-dbcp for example), why >> do you need a explicit DataSource configuration inside the >> repository.xml then? I agree, if possible the data source configuration shouldn't be included in the repository.xml if not needed. And I don't see why it would be needed to use data sources. Regards, Thomas
