Nope, with that it only gives a proper error message, Invalid connection string format, a valid format is: "host:port:sid"
On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:48:54 +0530, "Ashvini K Saxena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I figured it out. I had followed Tomcat documentation while doing this. > The Oracle example in the documentation mentioned url as > jdbc:oracle:thin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:1521:mysid > Following that I specified my url as > jdbc:oracle:thin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:1521:rep while actually it should be > jdbc:oracle:thin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:1521/rep > > With that change, it worked! > > Ashvini > > On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:40:42 +0530, "Ashvini K Saxena" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I am trying to use a datasource to access an Oracle database (Tomcat > > 5.5.9 and Oracle 9i). I have configured a datasource in the context.xml > > as follows: > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <Context > > reloadable="true"> > > <Resource > > name="jdbc/reportdb" > > type="javax.sql.DataSource" > > url="jdbc:oracle:thin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:1521:rep" > > driverClassName="oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver" > > password="rep123" > > maxActive="4" > > maxWait="5000" > > maxIdle="2" > > username="rep"/> > > <WatchedResource>WEB-INF/web.xml</WatchedResource> > > </Context> > > > > In web.xml I am referring to the datasource as: > > > > <resource-ref> > > <description>The Reports DataSource</description> > > <res-ref-name>jdbc/reportdb</res-ref-name> > > <res-type> javax.sql.DataSource</res-type> > > <res-auth>Container</res-auth> > > <res-sharing-scope>Unshareable</res-sharing-scope> > > </resource-ref> > > > > The code for creating connections is something like this: > > try { > > Context ctx = (Context)(new InitialContext().lookup("java:comp/env")); > > DataSource ds = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("jdbc/reportdb"); > > Connection con = ds.getConnection(); > > } catch (NamingException e) { > > e.printStackTrace(); > > } catch (SQLException e) { > > e.printStackTrace(); > > } > > > > The Oracle JDBC driver, classes12.jar is in common/lib. > > > > At runtime I get the following error: > > java.lang.NullPointerException > > > > org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.DelegatingConnection.close(DelegatingConnection.java:151) > > > > org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.PoolableConnection.reallyClose(PoolableConnection.java:95) > > > > org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.PoolableConnectionFactory.destroyObject(PoolableConnectionFactory.java:301) > > > > org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSource.validateConnectionFactory(BasicDataSource.java:883) > > > > org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSource.java:851) > > > > org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:540) > > gaim.ui.report.action.ShowReport.doPost(ShowReport.java:42) > > > > Has anyone encountered a similar problem and know of a solution? Is > > there anything I am missing in my configuration? > > > > Thanks and Regards, > > > > Ashvini K Saxena > > -- > > Ashvini K Saxena > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Ashvini K Saxena > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Ashvini K Saxena [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]