I am try to setup a JNDI datasource. This is the exerp from my context. I store app context in $CATALINA_HOME/webapp/myapp.xml file <Context path="/jtest"
docBase="C:\myapp" crossContext="false" debug="9" reloadable="true"> <Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger" prefix="localhost_myapp_log." suffix=".txt" timestamp="true"/> <ResourceLink name="linkToGlobalResource" global="simpleValue" type="java.lang.Integer"/> <Resource name="mail/Session" auth="Container" type="javax.mail.Session"/> <ResourceParams name="mail/Session"> <parameter> <name>mail.smtp.host</name> <value>localhost</value> </parameter> </ResourceParams> <Resource name="jdbc/MSQL" auth="Container" type="java.sql.DataSource"/> <ResourceParams name="jdbc/MSQL"> <parameter> <name>factory</name> <value>org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory</value> </parameter> <!-- MSQL dB username and password for dB connections --> <parameter> <name>username</name> <value>uname</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>password</name> <value>pword</value> </parameter> <!-- Class name for msql JDBC driver --> <parameter> <name>driverClassName</name> <value>com.ashna.jturbo.driver.Driver</value> </parameter> <!-- The JDBC connection url for connecting to your MSQL dB. --> <parameter> <name>url</name> <value>jdbc:JTurbo://MYSERVER:1036/mydatabase</value> </parameter> </ResourceParams> </Context> I also added the following to web.xml for this app <resource-ref> <description>DB Connection</description> <res-ref-name>jdbc/MSQL</res-ref-name> <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type> <res-auth>Container</res-auth> </resource-ref> My servlet fails – dataSource is null. Here is the code try { Context init = new InitialContext(); Context ctx = (Context) init.lookup("java:comp/env"); DataSource dataSource = (DataSource) ctx.lookup("jdbc/MSQL"); } catch (NamingException ex) { throw new ServletException("Cannot retrieve java:comp/env/jdbc/conversion",ex); } Any ideas????? Jeff