the dict doc is here http://openjpa.apache.org/builds/2.2.2/apache-openjpa/docs/ref_guide_dbsetup_dbsupport.html
it is important to set it if the database can be down at startup otherwise you can end up with a wrong dict (generally the generic one) and then when the database is up again SQL stuff will not work it doesn't solve your issue but it can make it worse *Romain Manni-Bucau* *Twitter: @rmannibucau <https://twitter.com/rmannibucau>* *Blog: **http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com/*<http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com/> *LinkedIn: **http://fr.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau* *Github: https://github.com/rmannibucau* 2013/7/2 James Green <[email protected]> > That's exactly what I want. All I have are EJBs with entity managers > injected via @PersistenceContext (exactly as we are taught in the > "Beginning Java EE 6 Platform with Glassfish 3" book which is how this > application began life. > > So what's the difference I wonder? Romain talks about adding a dictionary > but I didn't spot anything spectacularly obvious in a browse of the OpenJPA > user guide yesterday (indeed on the subject of injection it told me to > refer to my application server documentation...). > > > > On 1 July 2013 18:05, José Luis Cetina <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I did this test: > > > > 1. Stop TomEE > > 2. Shutdown my database server > > 3. Start TomEE > > 4. Try to access to my app, i could access but when i hit my login button > > for example then i get this error: > > com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLNonTransientConnectionException: > > Could not create connection to database server. Attempted reconnect 3 > > times. Giving up. > > 5. Start up my database server > > 6. Wait for my database to be ready, i refresh the page then hit again at > > the login button, then my app run without problem (in this point i DONT > > stop/start TomEE again). > > > > Is this the behavior that you need/want it?? > > > > > > *Remeber that i have tomee and database in separate server's > > > > > > 2013/7/1 Howard W. Smith, Jr. <[email protected]> > > > > > Will you be trying the magic that Romain recommended? > > > On Jul 1, 2013 10:34 AM, "James Green" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > I was asking about cold boot, specifically. It is when the > application > > > > server begins that the JPA implementation performs the Entity > mapping, > > so > > > > if the database is not available presumably it remains dead until the > > > > application server itself is restarted? > > > > > > > > Unless you already have the magic installed that Romain refers to. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 1 July 2013 15:24, José Luis Cetina <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > My entire app use database and of course the app doesnt work if the > > > > > database is unavailable, but when the database server is available > > > again > > > > > the webapp can use the database again without restarting TomEE. > > > > > > > > > > I dont know if i response your question. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2013/7/1 James Green <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > Are you saying your application starts from cold without the > > > database, > > > > > the > > > > > > operates fine without intervention once the database becomes > > > available? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 1 July 2013 14:26, José Luis Cetina <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have also differents server, 1 one database and 2 for TomEE > > > (using > > > > > > > memcached + cluster) and with autoReconnect=true i dont have > any > > > > issue > > > > > > when > > > > > > > the database server reboot, i set this attribute > (autoReconnect) > > > > after > > > > > i > > > > > > > experiment your same problems, when the database server > rebooted > > my > > > > > apps > > > > > > > cant connect anymore to the database server, i had to stop and > > > start > > > > > > tomee > > > > > > > again for work. But then, i add that option and now i work with > > any > > > > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here is a example of my Resource: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <Resource id="ANY_NAME" type="DataSource"> > > > > > > > JdbcDriver com.mysql.jdbc.Driver > > > > > > > JdbcUrl > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jdbc:mysql://any_ip:3306/any_database?zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull&rewriteBatchedStatements=true&autoReconnect=true > > > > > > > UserName any_user > > > > > > > Password any_password > > > > > > > JtaManaged true > > > > > > > InitialSize=3 > > > > > > > MaxActive=100 > > > > > > > ValidationQuery=SELECT 1 > > > > > > > TestOnBorrow=true > > > > > > > </Resource> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2013/7/1 James Green <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This now sounds substantially more complex than my design > > (which > > > > uses > > > > > > > > @PersistenceContext(unitName="accounts")) caters for. Is > there > > an > > > > > > example > > > > > > > > of what you mean somewhere so I can scope the work out? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > James > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 1 July 2013 12:44, Romain Manni-Bucau < > > [email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it depends your config and that's probably more an openjpa > > > > question > > > > > > but > > > > > > > > > basically you'll need to provide the dictionnary to use > since > > > > > openjpa > > > > > > > > will > > > > > > > > > not be able to read database metadata (at least). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Romain Manni-Bucau* > > > > > > > > > *Twitter: @rmannibucau <https://twitter.com/rmannibucau>* > > > > > > > > > *Blog: **http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com/*< > > > > > > > > > http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com/> > > > > > > > > > *LinkedIn: **http://fr.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau* > > > > > > > > > *Github: https://github.com/rmannibucau* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2013/7/1 James Green <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've suppressed the RuntimeExceptions encountered as EJBs > > > fire > > > > > and > > > > > > > > access > > > > > > > > > > JPA, however I have a new problem now: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Caused by: <openjpa-2.2.0-r422266:1244990 nonfatal user > > > error> > > > > > > > > > > org.apache.openjpa.persistence.ArgumentException: An > error > > > > > occurred > > > > > > > > while > > > > > > > > > > parsing the query filter "SELECT a FROM Account a". Error > > > > > message: > > > > > > > The > > > > > > > > > name > > > > > > > > > > "Account" is not a recognized entity or identifier. Known > > > > entity > > > > > > > names: > > > > > > > > > [] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It seems the JPA component was unable to map my @Entity > > > classes > > > > > > > because > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > connection did not exist at startup. What do I need to do > > to > > > > work > > > > > > > > around > > > > > > > > > > this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 1 July 2013 12:07, Romain Manni-Bucau < > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > yep > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > basically get injected the timerservice ( > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/api/javax/ejb/TimerService.html > > > > > > ), > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > > > your > > > > > > > > > > > init method you try to get your data, if not trigger a > > > later > > > > > > > > > > > invocation ( > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/api/javax/ejb/TimerService.html#createSingleActionTimer(java.util.Date > > > > > > > > > > > , > > > > > > > > > > > javax.ejb.TimerConfig)). While it fails trigger another > > one > > > > > when > > > > > > > > > invoked. > > > > > > > > > > > When it succeeds you are done. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Romain Manni-Bucau* > > > > > > > > > > > *Twitter: @rmannibucau < > https://twitter.com/rmannibucau > > >* > > > > > > > > > > > *Blog: **http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com/*< > > > > > > > > > > > http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com/> > > > > > > > > > > > *LinkedIn: **http://fr.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau* > > > > > > > > > > > *Github: https://github.com/rmannibucau* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2013/7/1 James Green <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In our case we have two EJBs, both @Singleton and > > > @Startup, > > > > > one > > > > > > > > > depends > > > > > > > > > > > on > > > > > > > > > > > > the other. One is a cache façade and the other loads > > data > > > > via > > > > > > JPA > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > > > feeds > > > > > > > > > > > > it into the cache. An external schedule fires a > servlet > > > > that > > > > > > > > reloads > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > cache from the database. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What's happening is that without MySQL we see EJB > > > > exceptions > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > they > > > > > > > > > > > > cannot be created and thus we are dead. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've just tried adding autoReconnect=true inside a > > > > <Resource> > > > > > > but > > > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > > > made > > > > > > > > > > > > no difference. I also tried adding > ,autoReconnect=true > > to > > > > > > > > > > > > ConnectionProperties and ConnectionFactoryProperties > > > > without > > > > > > any > > > > > > > > > change > > > > > > > > > > > but > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not convinced that would have fixed the problem > > here. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is it instead the case that within the EJB I should > be > > > > > trapping > > > > > > > > > > > > connectivity problems such as PersistenceException > and > > > > > allowing > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > containing to gracefully start up and naturally keep > > > trying > > > > > > > anyway? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > James > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 28 June 2013 17:10, José Luis Cetina < > > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I had a similar problem and what i did was set the > > > > > > > autoReconnect > > > > > > > > > > > > attribute > > > > > > > > > > > > > to true en my tomee.xml datasource. > > > > > > > > > > > > > What do you mean with retry until the connection > > > springs > > > > to > > > > > > > life? > > > > > > > > > do > > > > > > > > > > > you > > > > > > > > > > > > > have some schedules or jobs running and want to > retry > > > > again > > > > > > > when > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > connection is available again? or just want when > > > somebody > > > > > > click > > > > > > > > any > > > > > > > > > > > > button > > > > > > > > > > > > > the app can connect again (this was my case)?? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2013/6/28 Romain Manni-Bucau < > [email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > With an ejb timer? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Le 28 juin 2013 17:46, "James Green" < > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > > > > > écrit > > > > > > > > > > > > > : > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hopefully a quick one. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On boot our application attempts to read data > > > > through a > > > > > > JPA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > EntityManager. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If the database connection fails at this point > > the > > > > > entire > > > > > > > > > > > application > > > > > > > > > > > > > is > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > effectively dead. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to essentially ask the database > > > layer > > > > to > > > > > > > retry > > > > > > > > > > until > > > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > connection springs to life? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > James > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > *SCJA. 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