Hi Navaneeth.

Check whether you've an XML file according to your web app in the
conf/Catalina/<host> directory.

When removing the elder web app this file is also removed.

Regards,        Karl-Heinz.


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Von: Gordon Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 29. Juni 2006 15:51
An: 'Tomcat Users List'
Betreff: RE: Error while connecting to MySQL database

If Class.forName throws a null pointer exception, chances are it can't find
the driver because you have a Tomcat configuration problem or other
classpath-related problem relating to driver setup.  Please check out the
documentation on tomcat.apache.org for the details for your version of
Tomcat.

As an aside, please consult the MySQL documentation about setting a root
password and disabling unneeded accounts in the database.  You are leaving a
gaping security hole in your app by not establishing a root db pwd.  

Once you put a root pwd in place, there's no reason to share it in this
forum as long as you can connect by using that pwd from the MySQL client.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Gordon Smith

-----Original Message-----
From: navaneethan loganathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:57 PM
To: users@tomcat.apache.org
Subject: Error while connecting to MySQL database

Hi,

I am facing a problem with my Apache-Tomcat-MySQL installation.MyEnvironment
is as follows:
Redhat ES4(2.6.9-5.EL), Apache-Tomcat-5.5.15, MySQL 4.1.12, Java version
1.5.0_06, Apache-Tomcat connector ajp13,
mysql-connector-java-3.2.0-alpha-bin.jar.

After installation and configuration I am unable to connect to the database
through the application and getting the following exception in
catalina.outlog file.

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
        at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:164)

However, I am able to browse my site perfectly with
http://localhost/index.jsp (the connector also configured perfectly, so that
I do not need to specify the port number in URL).
 I put the mysql-connector-java-3.2.0-alpha-bin.jar file in
$CATALINA_HOME/common/lib and also specified in CLASSPATH.

I am able to login to MySQL through command and access the database without
any problem.

My db.properties is as under:

# MySQL database access properties
db.driver = org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver
db.url = jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/testdb
db.user = root
db.pwd =
Any clue will be very much helpfull.Thanks in advance.


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