i`ve tried to solve this problem, and i think i did it! First of all:
I've tried with: Tomcat 4.0.4 Mysql 3.23.49 You should have in your application's lib these libraries: - commons-collections.jar - commons-dbcp.jar - commons-pool.jar (You can find these jar in www.apache.org) - mysql-uncomp.jar(driver package) My server.xml looks like: ... <!-- ################################################################ --> <DefaultContext> <Resource name="jdbc/COLLECTIONS" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource" description="BW Database"/> <ResourceParams name="jdbc/COLLECTIONS"> <parameter> <name>factory</name> <value>org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>driverClassName</name> <value>org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>username</name> <value>XXXXXXX</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>password</name> <value>XXXXXXX</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>url</name> <value>jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/collections</value> </parameter> </ResourceParams> </DefaultContext> <!-- ################################################################ --> ... and the class where i retrive a connection: package tests; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.PrintWriter; import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.PreparedStatement; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.SQLException; import javax.naming.Context; import javax.naming.InitialContext; import javax.servlet.ServletException; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse; import javax.sql.DataSource; public class MysqlTomcatDatasourceTest extends HttpServlet { static final private String CONTENT_TYPE = "text/html"; public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { Context t_ctx = null; DataSource t_ds = null; Connection t_conn = null; PreparedStatement t_stm = null; ResultSet t_rs = null; PrintWriter t_out = null; response.setContentType(CONTENT_TYPE); try { t_out = response.getWriter(); t_out.println("<html>"); t_out.println("<head><title>Datasource</title></head>"); t_out.println("<body>"); t_out.println("<p>i'm in.</p>"); t_out.println("<p>"); t_ctx = new InitialContext(); t_ds = (DataSource)t_ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/COLLECTIONS"); System.out.println("done"); t_conn = t_ds.getConnection(); t_stm = t_conn.prepareStatement("select countryname from countries"); t_rs = t_stm.executeQuery(); while (t_rs.next()){ t_out.println(t_rs.getString(1)+"<br>"); } t_out.println("</p>"); t_out.println("</body></html>"); try {t_rs.close();}catch(SQLException e){} try {t_stm.close();}catch(SQLException e){} try {t_conn.close();}catch(SQLException e){} }catch (Exception e) { throw new ServletException(e); } } } I hope this help --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <mysql-unsubscribe-##L=##[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php