Hello Erik, If you aren't using DBCP, then you can ignore all the stuff about the driver needing to be in common/lib. The only reason it needs to be there is for DBCP to have access to the driver.
As far as why, after a restart, it doesn't work in either place, I have no idea. Sounds like an outside problem. See if you can connect through a basic class outside the Tomcat container. If so, then try it again in the container. That will rule out general database connectivity issues. Jake Wednesday, January 29, 2003, 9:42:23 AM, you wrote: EP> Jacob Kjome wrote: >> Hello Mehdi, >> >> If you are using DBCP connection pooling, your driver *must* exist in >> CATALINA_HOME/common/lib. This is because the DBCP libraries exist in >> common/lib and the fact that classes from common/lib do not have >> access to the child classloader in WEB-INF/lib. However, your classes >> in WEB-INF/lib *does* have access to the parent classloader in >> common/lib. >> >> So, put it in common/lib and it should work. >> >> dont' forget to add ?autoReconnect=true to your connection url config >> for MySQL. EP> After reading this a few days ago, I decided to ask my sysadmin to move EP> my mysql-connector-java-2.0.14-bin.jar file from my webapp's WEB-INF/lib EP> to $CATALINA_HOME/common/lib, and he did. After we restarted Tomcat, my EP> webapp wouldn't work, so, to confirm that it wasn't an application-level EP> problem, I put the mysql-connector-java-2.0.14-bin.jar file back in EP> WEB-INF/lib (of my webapp). The driver still can't be found for some EP> reason. EP> Is there something that I'm supposed to do to "register" the driver? EP> Does it change the JDBC url if you move it to common/lib for some reason? EP> Erik >> >> Jake >> >> Wednesday, January 22, 2003, 9:13:39 AM, you wrote: >> >> >> MNbc> Hello all, >> >> MNbc> i have been breaking my brain trying to get connection pooling, using >> MNbc> Tomcat 4.1.12's build in dbcp, with mySQL 3.23. >> >> MNbc> I have followed the instructions on the how this should be done, and I am >> MNbc> getting an exception when I try to get a connection .. (like many other >> MNbc> people it seems).. If anyone has solved this problem.. or has a link to a >> MNbc> forum where this problem is answered please let me know.. >> >> MNbc> I have downloaded mysql-connector-java-2.0.14.zip >> >> MNbc> I unzipped it and copied : >> MNbc> * the contents of WEB-INF/lib to my lib folder >> MNbc> * contents of com to my WEB-INF/classes folder >> MNbc> * contents of org to my WEB-INF/classes folder (this *does* contain >> MNbc> org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver) >> >> MNbc> This does not work. My jsp test code follows, and the Exception occurs on >> MNbc> getConnection()... >> >> MNbc> <%@ page language="java" import="java.sql.*, javax.sql.*, javax.naming.*" >> MNbc> errorPage="error.jsp" %> >> >> MNbc> <% >> MNbc> Context initContext = new InitialContext(); >> MNbc> Context envContext = (Context)initContext.lookup("java:/comp/env"); >> MNbc> DataSource ds = (DataSource)envContext.lookup("jdbc/mehdi"); >> MNbc> Connection conn = ds.getConnection(); >> >> %>> >> >> MNbc> Exception is >> >> MNbc> java.sql.SQLException: Cannot load JDBC driver class >> MNbc> 'org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver' >> >> MNbc> SERVER.XML >> >> MNbc> <Context path="/mysql" docBase="mysql" debug="0" reloadable="true"> >> >> MNbc> <Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger" >> MNbc> prefix="localhost_DBTest_log." suffix=".txt" >> MNbc> timestamp="true"/> >> >> MNbc> <Resource name="jdbc/mehdi" >> MNbc> auth="Container" >> MNbc> type="javax.sql.DataSource"/> >> >> MNbc> <ResourceParams name="jdbc/mehdi"> >> MNbc> <parameter> >> MNbc> <name>factory</name> >> MNbc> <value>org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory</value> >> MNbc> </parameter> >> >> MNbc> <!-- Maximum number of dB connections in pool. Make sure you >> MNbc> configure your mysqld max_connections large enough to handle >> MNbc> all of your db connections. Set to 0 for no limit. >> MNbc> --> >> MNbc> <parameter> >> MNbc> <name>maxActive</name> >> MNbc> <value>100</value> >> MNbc> </parameter> >> >> MNbc> <!-- Maximum number of idle dB connections to retain in pool. >> MNbc> Set to 0 for no limit. >> MNbc> --> >> MNbc> <parameter> >> MNbc> <name>maxIdle</name> >> MNbc> <value>30</value> >> MNbc> </parameter> >> >> MNbc> <!-- Maximum time to wait for a dB connection to become available >> MNbc> in ms, in this example 10 seconds. An Exception is thrown if >> MNbc> this timeout is exceeded. Set to -1 to wait indefinitely. >> MNbc> --> >> MNbc> <parameter> >> MNbc> <name>maxWait</name> >> MNbc> <value>10000</value> >> MNbc> </parameter> >> >> MNbc> <!-- MySQL dB username and password for dB connections --> >> MNbc> <parameter> >> MNbc> <name>username</name> >> MNbc> <value>mehdi</value> >> MNbc> </parameter> >> MNbc> <parameter> >> MNbc> <name>password</name> >> MNbc> <value>mypass</value> >> MNbc> </parameter> >> >> MNbc> <!-- Class name for mm.mysql JDBC driver --> >> MNbc> <parameter> >> MNbc> <name>driverClassName</name> >> MNbc> <value>org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver</value> >> MNbc> </parameter> >> >> MNbc> <!-- The JDBC connection url for connecting to your MySQL dB. >> MNbc> The autoReconnect=true argument to the url makes sure that the >> MNbc> mm.mysql JDBC Driver will automatically reconnect if mysqld closed >> MNbc> the >> MNbc> connection. mysqld by default closes idle connections after 8 >> MNbc> hours. >> MNbc> --> >> MNbc> <parameter> >> MNbc> <name>url</name> >> MNbc> <value>jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mehdi?autoReconnect=true</value> >> MNbc> </parameter> >> MNbc> </ResourceParams> >> >> MNbc> </Context> >> >> >> MNbc> running out of time, and hair. >> >> MNbc> Thanks, >> >> MNbc> Med >> >> >> >> >> MNbc> -- >> MNbc> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> MNbc> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> EP> --------------------------------------------------------------------- EP> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EP> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Best regards, Jacob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]