First of all, thanks for your long answer.
> Please read (carefully), the following documentation: Exactly from there I got the approach of "Copy unpacked directory hierarchy...". > Your docBase would only work if you have a directory > $CATALINA_BASE/com.mycompany.myapp. It works actually, only gives the (expected) warning that it will be ignored. But you're right, normally I removed it when switched to context.xml (didn't mention in my message as I thought it unimportant) > 2. remove the path attribute from your Context > Rename your WAR file to myapp.war. Tomcat will correctly infer the path I'm not using a war but the unpacked approach. Nevertheless, interesting - the "automatic deployment" section doesn't mention this inference and I was always wondering. > 3. Place myapp.war in $CATALINA_BASE/webapps > Tomcat (by default) will unpack and deploy your application ...and will it compile the JSPs as well? Because that was my original problem... > 4. Remove the Manager node from your Context. > The Manager node relates to managing HTTP Sessions. The Hibernate sessions > relate to Hibernate units of work. Yes but the Manager = "" should be used, according to Google, to avoid serializing the HTTP sessions - a previously bothering situation. I think I'll keep it :) > 5. Remove the Resource node from your Context. > 6. Place the hibernate.cfg.xml file where it will be packaged in > WEB-INF/classes. Hibernate.cfg.xml is there already... I'll try removing the Resource but I remember needing to put it there as well (used in some filters) - I might be wrong here. > 7. Use a ServletContextListener to get a Hibernate SessionFactory. I'll try this too. > that utility class in a listener. I can then attach logging and MBeans to > the > listener. No beans here :) So, bottom line: great tips thank you! I will try them all. I'm honestly not sure whether they relate to my problem, though... JC --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org