When I tested 5.0 for auto deployment, the datasource JNDI context was no longer available to the application and a SQLException was thrown in the logs (the app interacts with database on initialization). The application worked fine after the server was restarted.
In 4.x, even sever restart wouldn't load the application. The application directory had to be replaced. 5.0 doesn't have this issue. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/12/04 07:12AM >>> I am using 5.0, so that should not be a problem. But are you sure the bug is fixed in 5.x? Before this I had the DataSource defined at the application context level, and I had noticed that the application would crash if I redeployed without "shutting down, deleting the deployed application directory, restarting". A nuisance, but usable, so I didn't worry about it. In any case, Autodeploying and deploying to a live server was definitely not working on 5.0. If a developer wants to investigate and fix this flaw I'd be happy to do some test deploys to troubleshoot, if not, the workaround works just fine. Bruno. -----Original Message----- From: ext Keshav Sarin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 4:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Datasource - OK in app context - Fails in Global context There's a catch though.... In TC 4.x, if you put a app context entry in the server.xml, the app doesn't get reloaded even if the war is overwritten or the app directory is deleted or the server is restarted. The fully expanded (war) directory has to be overwritten to webapps directory and server needs to be restarted to make it work. This bug is fixed in 5.x. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/09/04 02:44PM >>> Bingo!!! That was it. It might be a good idea to add a paragraph to the JDBC DataSources section of the documentation that mentions: (a) That global datasources are defined in <GlobalNamingResources> of server.xml (b) The need for the <ResourceLink> in the application context .xml file I had the mistaken impression that anything placed in the server.xml file was automatically applied to all application contexts. I am sure that others make the same mistake. Thanks, I have been pulling my hair on this issue for almost a month. Bruno -----Original Message----- From: ext Keshav Sarin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 3:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Melloni Bruno (Nokia-BI/Dallas) Subject: Re: Datasource - OK in app context - Fails in Global context Have you defined a reference to the global resource in the <ResourceLink> element of the application context ? >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/09/04 10:38AM >>> I have an Oracle JDBC datasource that I defined in the Tomcat5 context for an application (conf/Catalina/localhost/nwg.xml). Works fine, context file listed below. But when I tried to move the datasource to the <GlobalNamingResources> section of server.xml so that it would be accessible to all apps it gets recognized in the admin console, but not by the application. What gives? I thought a Global resource is supposed to function identically to an application resource. Any help would be greatly welcomed. nwg.xml: <Resource auth="Container" name="rcfDS" type="javax.sql.DataSource"/> <ResourceParams name="rcfDS"> <parameter> <name>factory</name> <value>org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>driverClassName</name> <value>oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>url</name> <value>jdbc:oracle:thin:@hostNameHere:portNumberHere:dbNameHere</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>username</name> <value>usernameHere</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>password</name> <value>userpasswordHere</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>maxIdle</name> <value>10</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>maxActive</name> <value>20</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>maxWait</name> <value>-1</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>removeAbandoned</name> <value>true</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>logAbandoned</name> <value>true</value> </parameter> </ResourceParams> Note: The JDBC driver is ojdbc14.jar and is present in common/lib, the application's WEB-INF/lib and is present also in the JRE's lib/ext for unrelated JAAS reasons. Bruno Melloni eBusiness Application Center, Americas Nokia, Inc 6000 Connection Drive, Mailstop 4w223 Irving, TX 75039 USA *Office: +1 (972)894-6120 *Cellular: +1 (469) 939-1067 * SMS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]