Aside from the fact that my ears are ringing because you're shouting, I do not agree with the recommendations you provide... Moreover, the question was aimed to Tomcat 3.2.3....
Crippling the CLASSPATH with custom entries, as well as filling the JRE/lib/ext directory does not sounds like a good idea. It does not help when it is time to write install scripts and gather all the librairies you are using to bundle an application, or a web-application, and to deploy it. The JDBC drivers, as all Jar files you are using (remember that ZIP files can be renamed to JAR ! and you need to do this), should definitely sit in the WEB-INF/lib directory, unless you want to share it among all web-apps, in which case, the best place is probably TOMCAT_HOME/lib. Tomcat 4.x has a better model for handling Jars and stuff, but as we're dealing with Tomca 3.2.x, that's probably how you should do it.... You can customize Tomcat 3.2.x startup scripts and modify the internal classpath, but you should avoid setting anything in your environment variable.... Anyway, check the archives, this topic has already been discussed a lot I think.... Cheers Denis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Siomara Pantarotto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 12:17 PM Subject: Re: Help : Use Oracle 8i JDBC driver > > >--- Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone. I have some newbie questions. > > > > > > I use Tomcat 3.2.3 /Linux and Oracle 8i /Windows NT > > > I would like to know how should I specify JDBC drivers (classpath, > > > their > > > location). > > DOWNLOAD CLASSES111.ZIP OR CLASSES12.ZIP FROM ORACLE AND YOU CAN STORED IT > ANYWHERE IN YOUR MACHINE AND SPECIFY IT IN YOUR CLASS PATH (EX: > C:\FOLDER1\FOLDER2\CLASSES111.ZIP) OR YOU CAN STORE IT UNDER TOMCAT > AT JRE\LIB\EXT (THE RIGHT PLACE FOR EXTERNAL CLASSES). NOTE THAT THIS LAST > APPROACH IS GOOD, AND IT IS A MUST WITH TOMCAT 4 THAT DOES NOT RECOGNIZES > THE CLASSPATH. > > > > > > > I read also that Oracle JDBC drivers need to use versions of JDK < = > > > 1.1.1 > > > or our server is 1.3.1 Is this absolutely necessary? > > NO THAT'S NOT TRUE > I USE JDK 1.3.1 AND BOTH (CLAZZES111.ZIP AND CLASSES12.ZIP) WORKS FINE. > > > > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > > U R WELCOME > > > > > > > > > >--- Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone. I have some newbie questions. > > > > > > I use Tomcat 3.2.3 /Linux and Oracle 8i /Windows NT > > > I would like to know how should I specify JDBC drivers (classpath, > > > their > > > location). > > > > > > I read also that Oracle JDBC drivers need to use versions of JDK < = > > > 1.1.1 > > > or our server is 1.3.1 Is this absolutely necessary? > > > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. > >http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
