Yes, any J2EE compliant app server will have the ability to create a JNDI DataSource.
The choice of whether to use a container provided DataSource or your own connection pool within the webapp is up to you. I prefer a container managed JNDI DataSource. Regards, Glenn Ashish Kulkarni wrote: > Hi, > A Question about JNDI, to use it i have to configure > it in server.xml file, suppose if i have to change my > app server , say to JRun, or Weblogic or > websphere...how will it affect me,i think since all > these are J2EE compliant servers, they must have some > place for defining it, > also what if i keep a xml file, with all the > parameters for database connection in it, and keep it > in web-inf of the application, and load it while > starting the application from a startup servlet. > so if i change the app server, i dont have to worry > about setting JNDI in that app server, > Ashish > --- Glenn Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>The advantage of letting the container (Tomcat) >>setup a JNDI DataSource >>is abstraction. It abstracts out the source of data >>from the web application. >>You no longer have to configure somewhere within >>your web application the >>db connection, user, password, etc. >> >>This allows you to have a development Tomcat >>container configured with a >>DataSource to a test db and your production system >>to have a DataSource to >>a production db. As long as each container creates >>the same JNDI name you >>can install the webapp and use it for development or >>production without >>any changes. >> >>Regards, >> >>Glenn >> >>michael wimmer wrote: >> >>>hi, >>> >>>I use protomatter (protomatter.sourceforge.net) >> >>for connection pooling >> >>>and for now it seems to work pretty well. However, >> >>in this group and in >> >>>the tomcat documentation, connection pooling seems >> >>always been mentioned >> >>>in relation to JNDI or tyrex. >>> >>>Could anybody provide me with some information >> >>about the difference in >> >>>these approaches and their relative merits and >> >>demerits? >> >>> >>>thanks, >>> >>>Michael >>> >> >> >> >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: >><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>For additional commands, e-mail: >><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > http://finance.yahoo.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
