Re: db error

2004-03-25 Thread Larry Meadors
It has been a while since i used oracle, but that url looks wrong: jdbc:oracle:thin:oci8:1521:ora9i Can you have thin and oci in one url? Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/25/04 4:10 AM Thanks chris, so this is not because of any missing classes or jar files? is this a connectivity issue? the

Re: Exception handling in struts

2004-03-23 Thread Larry Meadors
type=java.lang.exception There is not such class. Think big E instead... Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/23/04 9:10 AM I'm trying to write an exception handler in my struts-config to clean up my application's exception behavior. Well, I've followed the directions in the docs to a T, I have this

Re: Does instanceof work?

2004-03-21 Thread Larry Meadors
Neither are valid: http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/api/org/apache/struts/taglib/logic/package-summary.html According to the jstl doc I have, instanceof is reserved, but not implemented. If you are not concerned about subclasses of foo.MyType, you could probably use this: c:if

RE: [OT] Jericho == Struts 2.0?

2004-03-15 Thread Larry Meadors
Doing a google search for struts jericho might be a good start. :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/15/04 8:40 AM On a more on-topic note, where can I get info on the new features / differences in Struts 1.1 and 2.0? - To unsubscribe,

Re: [OT] Search string tokenizer

2004-03-15 Thread Larry Meadors
String.split() may be able to do that if you are a regex stud (or know one...or are good with google).. Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/15/04 2:20 PM I did a google search on this and didn't really come up with anything useful. Before I implement this myself, is there an existing implementation of

[OT] Jericho == Struts 2.0?

2004-03-12 Thread Larry Meadors
This name seems like a bad choice. The city of Jericho was destroyed and all its inhabitants were put to the sword. That sounds like a bad thing to me. Larry - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands,

Re: [OT]JSP Debugger

2004-03-10 Thread Larry Meadors
If you have the code to the tags, you can set breakpoints there, and debug at that level. I have found that to meet 100% of my debugging needs as far as JSP debugging goes. Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/10/04 7:48 AM 1.First my apology for post this question which I have asked it already.

RE: [OT]JSP Debugger

2004-03-10 Thread Larry Meadors
) it doesn't works. -Ramadoss -Original Message- From: Larry Meadors [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 10:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OT]JSP Debugger If you have the code to the tags, you can set breakpoints there, and debug at that level. I have found

RE: [OT]JSP Debugger

2004-03-10 Thread Larry Meadors
the stack trace error. Paul Global Equity Derivatives Technology Deutsche Bank [/] Larry Meadors [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/03/2004 15:54 Please respond to Struts Users Mailing List

Re: sorting drop down values in a drop box in jsp

2004-03-10 Thread Larry Meadors
Do it in the action? [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/10/04 11:48 AM Hi, Looking for aeasy way to sort entries in the drop down in my jsp, that are populated using the bean and html: select tag with options: collection: my code as of now is below: select name=fullName style=width:225px logic:iterate

Re: Date attribute in ActionForm

2004-03-02 Thread Larry Meadors
Bean utils (what struts uses in this case) sucks when it comes to parsing anything but Strings. Generally what I do is make put String getter/setter methods on the Form, then in those (or in the Action) use a SimpleDateFormat to parse the string into a date. One other thing to note there is that

Re: [OT] JSP or Velocity

2004-02-27 Thread Larry Meadors
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/27/04 5:44 AM I am starting to develop an application using struts and have been looking round the rest of the Jakarta project and came across the Velocity project. I was interested to see which which people recommended for a relative newbie After looking at

Re: Java source out of memory

2004-02-25 Thread Larry Meadors
Make more memory available. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/25/04 10:27 AM My jsp is heavily loaded with struts tags. When weblogic tries to generate a Java source, It throws out of memory error, If I cut that page in half it works fine. How to overcome with all struts tag intact ? Panchasheel

Re: Struts converts null to 0 ?

2004-02-16 Thread Larry Meadors
Yeah, that is the joy of bean-utils. It is best to leave it a stringon the form and convert it yourself. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/16/04 7:45 AM I have a form with a Long property; I used Long instead of long to have the property nullable, but if the (html) form includes such a property, struts

Re: IBatis???

2004-02-16 Thread Larry Meadors
Go to www.ibatis.com for ibatis docs and downloads. Go to http://reumann.net/do/struts/main for tutorials. Use irc to get to #struts_users on irc.darkmyst.org to talk to people who use it. Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/14/04 7:00 AM can any one tell me what is IBatis? where can i get reference

Re: Double formating in html:text boxes

2004-02-12 Thread Larry Meadors
A few dozen, yes. :) Look at the java.text.NumberFormat class. Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/12/04 10:18 AM In my business logic I return a java.util.List to my action. In this action I run through the list and use the BeanUtils.copyProperties() to convert the List elements into formbeans.

Re: Struts and Internationalization

2004-02-10 Thread Larry Meadors
That is probably the simplest way. Use the ApplicationResources.properties file to create the other translations. Struts does much of the work for you. If you are using tiles, you can even use it for i18n, too, so if you have a different layout for different locations, it will do that for you.

RE: ActionErrors deprecated?

2004-02-09 Thread Larry Meadors
..instead of the html:errors tag. The ActionError and ActionErrors classes are going away. Avoid creating more dependencies on them now (and thus more pain later) by using ActionMessage/ActionMessages instead. :-) Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/09/04 1:29 PM in jsp use this: html:text

Re: help with xml syntax of JSP with taglibs

2004-02-05 Thread Larry Meadors
can you use the jstl xml tags to do that? I am guessing you can, but don't have time now to look it up... LArry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/05/04 1:57 PM Hello... I have a file called /foo/bar.jsp. The file bar.jsp is an XML syntax JSP. The file is only being used by a 'forward' therefore the URL

Re: small trouble with the validator

2004-02-02 Thread Larry Meadors
It is because beanutils converts anything that is invalid to a 0, and therefore, it is present, meeting the requirement for the required dependancy. Stupid, huh? Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/02/04 1:25 PM All of my other forms validate perfect. This form will only validate the name field and

Re: [OT?]Tomcat multiple users developing

2004-01-21 Thread Larry Meadors
1) How do you share the same application development? Do you use a strategy? We are testing our business objects outside struts, Are you all sharing a single tomcat instance for development? If so, stop now! :-) Set up a version control system (like cvs), and use one instance of tomcat per

RE: Using struts I18N fonctionnalities from an action

2004-01-21 Thread Larry Meadors
Use the MessageResources class. I use struts:i18n ... tags in my application and it works well. Now, i need to use Struts' internationnalization functionalities from an action (use case : I forward to a presentation framework and do not have acces to JSP, I can only use presentation

RE: struts and ibatis

2004-01-19 Thread Larry Meadors
We use it where I work on a daily basis. It is simple to use, rock solid, and very durable. There are two major components to iBATIS: the DAO layer and the SqlMap API. The DAO layer provides a way to create Data Access Objects to hide the implmentation from the application. For example, we have

Re: Struts plugin question

2004-01-16 Thread Larry Meadors
That seems like a questionable design (dependancies between plug-ins), but one possible solution might be to make plug-ins #2..n not really plugins, but components that plug-in #1 uses. Then use the configuration for plug-in #1 to specify which components to make available. That would also

Re: sql statements

2004-01-16 Thread Larry Meadors
Go to www.ibatis.com and look at the sqlmap stuff. It lets you put all the SQL in xml files and then call them by name. If you need help getting started, look at http://reumann.net Rick's tutorials are great. Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/16/04 10:51 AM I read somewhere that it's possible to

Re: beginng with struts

2004-01-13 Thread Larry Meadors
Gabriel, look at these examples: http://reumann.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/13/04 8:23 AM hi i'm starting to program with java struts snip somebody have a struts tutorial than help me to learn about java struts? - To

Re: BeanUtils.copyProperties()

2004-01-07 Thread Larry Meadors
Yeah, beanutils is a pain that way. It does the same (and worse IMO) with other data types (i.e., set fred into an Integer, and it becomes 0, not null, and no exception is thrown). You might want to try PropertyUtils.copyProperties() instead. It *might* work. Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: iBatis DAO + Hibernate?

2003-12-16 Thread Larry Meadors
I am working in an environment where we are mixing the two. My advice to you is to *not* do it. Pick one and use it as it was intended to be used. I personally prefer iBATIS. It is very simple; it plays well with existing databases; it allows you the flexibility, commodity and performance

Re: .Net Struts?

2003-12-16 Thread Larry Meadors
Would you call it .NUTS? [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/16/03 12:55 PM Is anyone working on struts in .Net? Curious.. Pritpal Dhaliwal - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] RE: iBatis DAO + Hibernate?

2003-12-16 Thread Larry Meadors
The iBATIS DAO is for sure *not* sqlmap or jdbc specific. I have used the iBATIS DAO for LDAP and file system based data access. Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/16/03 3:35 PM From: Ted Husted [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You might be confiusing the iBATIS SqlMaps framework with the seperate and

Re: [OFF TOPIC] STRUTS PROGRAMMER JOB.

2003-12-11 Thread Larry Meadors
$4.75?! Dang, I am getting robbed! Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/11/03 4:36 PM Actually that figure is a bit high .. 4.75/hr if you want Health Insurance Saludos, Martin - Original Message - From: Marcus Peixoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Struts Users Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: Question regarding ActionForms.

2003-12-01 Thread Larry Meadors
Welcome to java 101, formerly known as the struts-users mailing list. Object references are passed to method calls. While that reference cannot be changed, the object that it references can. On the other hand, if you create a new action form and assign it to the form parameter, nothing will

Re: How do you deprecate a method?

2003-11-20 Thread Larry Meadors
For the love of all that is good in the universe people! Repeat after me: GOOGLE IS MY FRIEND. http://www.google.com/search?q=java+deprecate+method Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/03 4:02 AM hi ALl Sorry for posting this question here, but it will be highly appreciated if anyone can explain

Re: Lazy questions on this list

2003-11-20 Thread Larry Meadors
I agree. At the same time I do not think that How do I deprecate a method? or What is JSTL? kinds of questions should be answered with anything more involved than a link or reference to google. Remember the parable about giving a man a fish vs. teaching him how to fish? As long as these

Re: Lazy questions on this list

2003-11-20 Thread Larry Meadors
..or maybe the newbies just need to get thicker skins and be taught how to think. :-) Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/03 10:07 AM Maybe you're right, but I think there might be enough people who read the newbie list that could help people starting out. Maybe there could be a few volunteers

RE: Lazy questions on this list

2003-11-20 Thread Larry Meadors
PREACH IT BROTHER! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/03 9:18 AM I disagree, there is a clear distinction - asking a question without having read the docs shouldn't seem valid to a newbie. I agree that a lot of these concepts are not obvious, and a lot of the documentation is lacking - that's why this

Re: Lazy questions on this list

2003-11-20 Thread Larry Meadors
You are correct, a reference to http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html may not help, but a reference to google or some other appropriate search reference *will* help in this area by reducing the traffic to a READABLE level and getting people into the habit of thinking and looking

Re: Lazy questions on this list

2003-11-20 Thread Larry Meadors
I could not disagree more. :-D Give away the fish or teach people how to fish. What is the better long-term solution? Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/03 10:23 AM IMHO, the very best way to handle easy questions is with a link to the answer.

RE: Lazy questions on this list

2003-11-20 Thread Larry Meadors
HAHAHAH! Dang I missed a veggie tales thread! Why do I doubt Mark was in on that one? Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/03 10:40 AM -Original Message- From: Long, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 11:36 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: Lazy

RE: Lazy questions on this list

2003-11-20 Thread Larry Meadors
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/03 10:36 AM So from what I'm hearing here, as a newb, it is safe to assume that all answers to my questions will be www.google.com... If your questions are What is JSTL? or How do I deprecate a method?, then yes 100% of them will be. Well, that is typically the

Re: [OT] Veggie Tales! (was: Lazy questions on this list)

2003-11-20 Thread Larry Meadors
Dang, I was going to ask what the latest one was, but a friend suggested using GOOGLE INSTEAD! What a great idea! Heheh Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/03 10:47 AM Has anyone caught the most recent LarryBoy adventure? [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/2003 10:40:09 AM -Original Message-

Re: Lazy questions on this list

2003-11-20 Thread Larry Meadors
..and all I ask is that when you get there, use your head first and my inbox next! :-D I will gladly help if I can. Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/03 10:20 AM Well, a newbie like me is happy as long as I know I'm not fishing in troubled waters:) --- Larry Meadors [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

RE: IDE

2003-11-19 Thread Larry Meadors
Just bear in mind that all IDEs suck and that you will not find one that meets all of your needs. For what I need to do today, eclipse is the one that sucks the *least*, but make no mistake: it still sucks. Nice fast java editing. XML and jsp editors totally suck though. Netbeans is good if

Re: Form being submitted twice in Websphere App Server 4.0

2003-11-19 Thread Larry Meadors
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/19/03 10:02 AM Anything to do with Struts ? Sure doesn't sound like it... In IE 5, this does not happen and we are able to see 6 pages if we have 30 records and 5 recrods per page. In IE 6, we are sometimes able to view 4 pages (24 records) and sometimes 3

Re: Different session handling between websphere and tomcat

2003-11-18 Thread Larry Meadors
If you do not require the collection after the page is rendered, you could put it into request scope. This is what I do to populate listboxes, tables, etc.. That way they don't hang around any longer than they need to - they get used to render tha page, then get discarded. If you are using a

RE: Accessing a static final constant from Class in JSP

2003-11-18 Thread Larry Meadors
I don't think there is one, but maybe somone will educate me. ;-) Why not put this in ApplicationResources and then use the bean:message tag? Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/18/03 8:31 AM which tag do u use to access the constants from the class as I don't want to use JSP Scriplets??? Thanks, S!

RE: Form data vs request attributes

2003-11-18 Thread Larry Meadors
The reason I don't do this is because if the form is in session scope, it hangs around consuming memory until the session goes away. As a caching mechanism, this bites rocks, because it is cached for each user. :-/ By putting this type of stuff in request scope instead of on the form, it

RE: PDF File Display in JSP-Struts

2003-11-12 Thread Larry Meadors
Are you using the jsp writer, or the servlet output stream? JSP writer assumes char data and totally borks the pdf. SOS assumes binary data. Larry === Hi All, I want to display one PDF file in my websphere struts framework. when i do it without struts (only servlets ) it works but when i

RE: PDF File Display in JSP-Struts

2003-11-12 Thread Larry Meadors
Why would you ever do this? This looks like a complete and total kludge. If you are sending back binary data (application/pdf), just do it from the action class using the response.getOutputStream() and return null from the execute method. Advantages: - you already have everything you need

Re: PDF File Display in JSP-Struts

2003-11-12 Thread Larry Meadors
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/12/03 3:14 PM Am Mittwoch, 12. November 2003 21:31 schrieb Craig R. McClanahan: Quoting Larry Meadors [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Why would you ever do this? This looks like a complete and total kludge. If you are sending back binary data (application/pdf), just do it from

Re: free ftp utils

2003-11-05 Thread Larry Meadors
javamail from sun will do email + attachments commons-net will do some, too [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/05/03 1:24 PM Hi All, Is any free java utils to send mails , aatchements, ftp files using java ? Thanks, Rachid. - To

Re: free ftp utils

2003-11-05 Thread Larry Meadors
Heheh, if there were, how many copies of this do you suppose would get sold? Write the code or buy it you lazy bum. ;-) Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/05/03 1:51 PM Thanks, but what I meant is something like iNet Factory from jscape checkout this website

Re: Javadoc Warning

2003-11-03 Thread Larry Meadors
Yes. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/03/03 11:56 AM Hi, I getting the following warning while generating Javadoc from ant build file.. is there anyway I can get rid of these warning.?? - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: Iterating List of Lists

2003-10-31 Thread Larry Meadors
Are you saying you use the member tag just so you can look at the html and see that it is being output? Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/31/03 1:34 AM No matter what, just a sign for our debugging in Browser. From: javen fang [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Struts Users Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT - JavaScript] Setting value on a html:select/

2003-10-29 Thread Larry Meadors
Disabled controls are not sent - that is an HTTP thing. You can use a hidden field or some other trick to get it there (or rely on the value of the radio button). Last I checked, the first form works only in IE. If you are writing only for IE, that's ok, but it is something to consider. The

RE: Dynamic JSPs and STRUTS

2003-10-24 Thread Larry Meadors
Yes, JSTL plays very well with struts even though there is a great deal of overlap. I use JSTL exclusively for non-form elements - i.e., pure presentation / output stuff. Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/24/03 12:11 PM The web app was developed using Struts. This is a new section of the app I am

Re: far reaching db question

2003-10-24 Thread Larry Meadors
Hmm, odds are that a project small enough to not require a database layer is small enough to not require struts either. Heck if you have 5 pages, why use either, just use the SQL tags in jstl and be done with it. Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/24/03 10:52 AM --- Vic Cekvenich [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [OT] Db usage in bean [design issue]

2003-10-24 Thread Larry Meadors
If you want some examples, check out Rick Reumann's struts / ibatis stuff. Simple and really easy to follow: http://www.reumann.net/ Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/24/03 12:17 PM Thanks tim (newbie here!!) I am looking into these products right now. But what is torque then for. I am sorry if

Re: Bug tracking software

2003-10-20 Thread Larry Meadors
scarab.tigris.org Pretty decent, a few stupid quirks, but not bad. Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/20/03 3:30 PM Is there any web based open source/free bug tracking software available? We are using struts, but it doesn't have to be struts based as long as it is Java. :-)

Re: reading the xml file

2003-10-19 Thread Larry Meadors
Doing it the way you describe will only work from a servlet. If that is ok, stop reading and do it that way. :-) A more general way would be to use a classloader instead. There are many good articles on how to do this (google for 'classloader resource'), but one simple way is this:

RE: struts/tiles switch from windows to Linux

2003-10-15 Thread Larry Meadors
Yep, Tim's right. Search your app for \ characters. Odds are you have some config file that has one. Change 'em to / and it will work in either OS. Tim's always right. He is one fart smeller, er, umm smart feller. Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/15/03 11:42 AM From the initial look of it.. It is

Re: IMPORTANT: how to tell

2003-10-15 Thread Larry Meadors
Brandon, It is not that you are a stupid person per se, but that idea is quite possibly the stupidest thing I have heard a *mammal* suggest. Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/15/03 10:06 AM How about we set up a review board that examines every post to the list. Discards pointless discussions (like

Re: IMPORTANT: how to tell

2003-10-15 Thread Larry Meadors
stupid (note the grammer Larry ;) thing for a mammal to say is: Yes Dear.. That dress *does* make you look fat -Tim -Original Message- From: Larry Meadors [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 1:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: IMPORTANT: how to tell

RE: java printing (off-topic)

2002-06-26 Thread Larry Meadors
I did some printing to a HP JetDirect using an open source line print requester. Very simple to use! http://sourceforge.net/projects/jlpr/ If your printer can handle pdfs natively (some can now), you could do it that way. If not, could you maybe do it with PostScript? Larry I meant printing

Re: Can not forward error

2002-05-23 Thread Larry Meadors
It looks like your jsp is trying to do a forward too. I seem to remember hitting this long ago - if you have ANY output in a jsp, you cannot do a forward. Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/22/02 04:40PM In my action I have defined: String idxPage = /jsp/thankyou.jsp; and later in the code,

Re: Debugging under Netbeans 3.3.1

2002-05-15 Thread Larry Meadors
If you use the JPDA debugger, you can use any version of tomcat *on any machine* with the NB debugger. Mount all the jars in the $CATALINA_HOME/common/lib directory. Mount all the jars in then your-context/WEB-INF/lib directory. Mount the your-context/WEB-INF/classes directory. Next, set an

Re: I need help building tiles from src - please

2002-05-13 Thread Larry Meadors
Gee, I had the exact same problem at my house this weekend. ;-) The build for struts was trying to build tiles, but it looked like when using relative paths for my struts build, the tiles build looked in the wrong directories for supporting jars and puked. I changed one build.xml file and

Re: How to productively use Netbeans and Struts?

2002-05-10 Thread Larry Meadors
This is how I use them (and ant with tomcat 4 instead of 3 now, but real similar setup on tomcat 3). I do not know that this is the *best* way, but it works pretty good for me. ;-) I mount the docRoot of my tomcat context in netbeans. When using 3.3.1, it creates a real useful project view for

RE: Struts Beginner - Looking for *decent* documentation

2002-05-10 Thread Larry Meadors
The husted.com site has some good stuff. http://husted.com/struts/ Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/09/02 10:05PM I agree. The documentation is a little hard to follow. There are many other places that have docs and samplescheck out some of these links.

RE: Question about select multiple='true' ...

2002-05-07 Thread Larry Meadors
property? Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/01/02 09:34AM -Original Message- From: Larry Meadors [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] OK, I have this html: select name='unt' multiple='yes' disabled='yes' size='5' option value='MAINE'Maine/option option value='FLTHD'Flathead/option option value

RE: Question about select multiple='true' ...

2002-05-06 Thread Larry Meadors
as an array. Should I be watching for a carrier pigeon? :-) Larry -Original Message- From: Larry Meadors [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] OK, I have this html: select name='unt' multiple='yes' disabled='yes' size='5' option value='MAINE'Maine/option option value='FLTHD'Flathead/option option

Re: Form based security

2002-05-01 Thread Larry Meadors
Pete, You sound like you are on the same path I am. The last application used a custom model that was written in-house, based on jsp tags and struts action servlets. With the current project, we are using TC to provide the security (via LDAP to a Novell NDS tree). So far, the only

Question about select multiple='true' ...

2002-05-01 Thread Larry Meadors
OK, I have this html: select name='unt' multiple='yes' disabled='yes' size='5' option value='MAINE'Maine/option option value='FLTHD'Flathead/option option value='CLRWT'Clearwater/option option value='RKYPR'Rockies Purchased Logs/option option value='WNFLD'Winnfield/option option

Re: Connection Pooling

2002-02-01 Thread Larry Meadors
You could use Oracle's connection pooling. You can use either the oci or thin client (in fact, the jdbc url is the same for pooling). The only difference I saw was that you get connections from the pool instead of from the driver manager. The pool class is