1. I would put the db driver jar under $TOMCAT/common/lib This directory is shared by all your web applications: any libraries under this directory should be visible to your app.
2. Set your debug to 100: There are a few places you can / should do this (for developing / debugging): Basically, any place you see a debug parameter / attribute: Make it 100: You should get a lot of debugging information, including which jar files have been picked up and deployed. hth On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 10:25, joe udder wrote: > Hello. > > Does anyone have any good hints on how to tweak tomcat to output more > information about errors? > > When I am trying to load a JDBC-driver it fails, but it doesn't give me a > clue on why it fails. > > > I checked the web for similar errors, so I started by adding the .JAR-file > to the classpath, and put a copy of it in "WEB-INF/lib". > I also doublechecked that the dbengine is up and running, and that the > user/password/ip is OK. > > Finally I set the "debug"-attribute in the Server-tag to "1", but it didn't > give me any more information. :-/ > > > The error I got is: > --- > org.apache.jasper.JasperException: > SQLException: Cannot load JDBC driver class 'org.postgresql.Driver' > at > org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:248) > at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295) > at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) > ... > --- > > > Any ideas are welcome. > > TIA > > // ju > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- p niemandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
