Sure Craig, I guess it's a good idea to look beyond the weekend..;) Thanks for the advice! Geeta
> -----Original Message----- > From: Craig McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 12:16 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: About datasource > > > Geeta Ramani wrote: > > >Hi: > > > >I think this is the sort of thing you may be looking for: > > > >Context ctx = new InitialContext(); > >org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource ds = > > > (org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource)ctx.lookup("java:comp > /env/jdbc/yourDB")); > > > > > > > > That's definitely the sort of code to use when you want to > pull things > out of JNDI, but I would suggest one small change -- use the generic > interface (javax.sql.DataSource) instead of hard coding the > implementation class that the current version of Tomcat currently > happens to use (o.a.c.d.BasicDataSource). This will protect you from > future changes that Tomcat might make, or if you ever needed to move > your app to a different server. > > Doing this, the above code would become: > > Context ctx = new InitialContext(); > DataSource ds = (DataSource) > ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/yourDB"); > > For those using Tomcat, there's pretty extensive documentation on the > Tomcat web site about how to set up JNDI resources (including > the code > snippet above :-): > > > http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.0-doc/jndi-resources > -howto.html > > http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.0-doc/jndi-datasourc > e-examples-howto.html > > >Regards, > >Geeta > > > > > Craig > > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Koon Yue Lam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 5:18 AM > >>To: Struts Users Mailing List > >>Subject: Re: About datasource > >> > >> > >>Hi, after some thinking, I have another problem, ^^ > >>If I am using an Action (which extent the Struts' Action > class), I can > >>get the Datasource by calling getDataSource() > >>But now I want to write my own data assess object which shouldn't > >>extent Action, I don't know what way I can get the > datasource from the > >>pool..... > >> > >>any help?? > >> > >>Regards > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > >>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]
