Hi. I have recently begun using Tomcat and I am trying to gain a better understanding of its configuration. Currently, I am most confused with the relationship between Resources, GlobalNamingResources, and resource-refs.
I have configured a JDBC datasource Resource within a context in the server.xml and am able to retrieve and use the datasource without any problems. However, when I put the same Resource within the GlobalNamingResources section, I get the apparently common "Cannot load JDBC driver class 'null'. Now, I understand that using a ResourceLink within the context solves this, but is this how it is supposed to work or is it merely a workaround (albeit a good one)? I just want to be clear because I found this trick in the list archive and not in the official Tomcat documentation (though I may have missed it). Finally, I have yet to see a case in which the resource-ref within the webapp.xml is necessary. Can anyone explain to me what this is supposed to do? I thought that initially, it was necessary only if you had put your Resource within the GlobalNamingResources but this does not appear to be true. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. -- Justin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
