Re: Tomcat - PostgreSQL - Cannot load JDBC driver class "null"

On 26/09/2003 17:29 CRAIG GOLBY wrote:
> [snip]
> public void init() {
> try{
> Context ctx = new InitialContext();
> if(ctx == null )
> throw new Exception("Boom - No Context");
> status = "checking CTX";
>
> DataSource ds =
> (DataSource)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/PersonalDb");
> status = "Completing Lookup of CTX";
>
> if (ds != null)
> {
> status = "Creating Connection";
> Connection conn = ds.getConnection(); <----- FAILS HERE

With a NullPointerException I presume? Try

DataSource ds =
(DataSource)ctx.lookupLink("java:comp/env/jdbc/PersonalDb");

And rememeber that the JDBC driver _must_ be in common/lib and _must not_
be in the classpath.

HTH

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