Perry did you fin out the answer to this i'm running into the same problem
<data-sources> <!-- An example/default DataSource that uses an ordinary JDBC-driver (in this case hsql) to create the connections. This tag creates all the needed kinds of data-sources, transactional, pooled and EJB-aware sources. The source generally used in application code is the "EJB" one - it provides transactional safety and connection pooling. --> <data-source class="com.evermind.sql.DriverManagerDataSource" name="Oracle" schema="database-schemas/oracle.xml" location="jdbc/OracleCoreDS" xa-location="jdbc/xa/OracleXADS" ejb-location="jdbc/OracleDS" connection-driver="oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver" url="jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:ORACLE8" username="scott" password="tiger" /> </data-sources> thanks chad java.sql.SQLException: Protocol violation at oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.check_error(DBError.java:631) at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.O3log.receive2nd(O3log.java, Compiled Code) at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTC7Protocol.logon(TTC7Protocol.java:214) at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleConnection.<init>(OracleConnection.java:142) at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.getConnectionInstance(OracleDriver.ja va:214) at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:193) at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:457) at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:137) at com.dumc.servlet.AddContact.doPost(AddContact.java, Compiled Code) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:211) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:309) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:336) at com.evermind._cxb._abe(Unknown Source) at com.evermind._cxb._uec(Unknown Source) at com.evermind._io._twc(Unknown Source) at com.evermind._io._gc(Unknown Source) at com.evermind._if.run(Unknown Source) --- Perry Hoekstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greet the sun all: > > I am trying to execute a Oracle query using a data > source an I am > receiving the following NullPointerException: > > testCreateAuditLog(com.ingenix.hisit.subrotrack.test.audit.ejb.AuditLogTest)java.lang.NullPointerException > at > com.evermind.sql.OrionPooledDataSource._bsb(Unknown > Source) > at > com.evermind.sql.OrionPooledDataSource._brb(Unknown > Source) > at com.evermind._wp._pud(Unknown Source) > at com.evermind._wp._bl(Unknown Source) > at com.evermind._lo.createStatement(Unknown Source) > at > com.ingenix.hisit.subrotrack.audit.dao.AuditEventDAOImpl.generateAuditEventId(Unknown > > Source) > at > com.ingenix.hisit.subrotrack.test.SubroTestUtils.getAuditRawData(Unknown > > Source) > at > com.ingenix.hisit.subrotrack.test.audit.ejb.AuditLogTest.beginCreateAuditLog(Unknown > > Source) > at > org.apache.cactus.AbstractTestCase.callBeginMethod(AbstractTestCase.java:203) > at > org.apache.cactus.AbstractTestCase.runGenericTest(AbstractTestCase.java:404) > at > org.apache.cactus.ServletTestCase.runTest(ServletTestCase.java:130) > at > org.apache.cactus.AbstractTestCase.runBare(AbstractTestCase.java:371) > at > com.ingenix.hisit.subrotrack.test.audit.ejb.AuditLogTest.main(Unknown > > Source) > > If I do a toString on the database connection, I > see: > > [jdbc/OracleDS connection] > > I have tried both PreparedStatement and > CreateStatement. > > What other things can I try in order to debug this > problem? > > > -- > Perry Hoekstra > E-Commerce Architect > Talent Software Services > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com