Thanks for the quick response!

1 - I have a MySQL driver in the CATALINA_HOME/common/lib, which is:

mysql-connector-java-3.1.13-bin-g.jar

2 - I don't know what the aspectj is, but as I've been browsing forums
trying to find some answers, I have seen this mentioned before.  

I also just noted the following in the manager log:

Jun 7, 2006 5:17:31 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: HTMLManager: start: Starting web application at '/roller'
Jun 7, 2006 5:18:05 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
SEVERE: FAIL - Application at context path /roller could not be started
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.apache.log4j.spi.LocationInfo.<init>(LocationInfo.java:104)
        at
org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent.getLocationInformation(LoggingEvent.java:191)
        at
org.apache.log4j.helpers.PatternParser$ClassNamePatternConverter.getFullyQualifiedName(PatternParser.java:538)
        at
org.apache.log4j.helpers.PatternParser$NamedPatternConverter.convert(PatternParser.java:511)
        at
org.apache.log4j.helpers.PatternConverter.format(PatternConverter.java:64)
        at org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout.format(PatternLayout.java:503)
        at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.subAppend(WriterAppender.java:301)
        at
org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender.subAppend(DailyRollingFileAppender.java:358)
        at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.append(WriterAppender.java:159)
        at org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton.doAppend(AppenderSkeleton.java:230)
        at
org.apache.log4j.helpers.AppenderAttachableImpl.appendLoopOnAppenders(AppenderAttachableImpl.java:65)
        at org.apache.log4j.Category.callAppenders(Category.java:203)
        at org.apache.log4j.Category.forcedLog(Category.java:388)
        at org.apache.log4j.Category.log(Category.java:853)
        at 
org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger.error(Log4JLogger.java:193)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:3602)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4168)
        at
org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.start(ManagerServlet.java:1175)
        at
org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.start(HTMLManagerServlet.java:527)
        at
org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doGet(HTMLManagerServlet.java:104)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
        at
org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:524)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
        at
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
        at
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
        at
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:831)
        at
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:639)
        at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1203)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Jun 7, 2006 5:18:05 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: HTMLManager: list: Listing contexts for virtual host 'localhost'


I don't know if this would be of any help in trying to figure out what's
going on, but it does seem to be pointing to the same problem as item #1.

I'm curious about something though.  In Tomcat, you can manually add a data
source, and I have been trying to do that, thinking that that may be the
problem, but I am not sure if I have all the parameters right.

I had the following:

JNDI Name - jdbc/rollerdb
Data Source URL - jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/rollerdb
JDBC Driver Class - com.mysql.jdbc.driver
User Name - <MySql_UserName>
Password - <MySql_Passwrd>
Max Active Connections - 4
Max Idle Connections - 2
Max Wait for Connection - 5000
Validation Query - <empty>

Any suggestions?  Do I even need to do this?

Thanks!
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