Re: loading jdbc Driver in servlet

Tomcat version 9. Embedded in my main()

> On Dec 16, 2018, at 9:30 AM, Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com> wrote:
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> My guess is it has something to do with your servlet classpath loader. Which servlet engine are you using ?
> Dave Cramer
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> davec(at)postgresintl(dot)com
> www.postgresintl.com
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>> On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 at 16:04, Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>>>> On Dec 14, 2018, at 2:02 PM, Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>>>> On Dec 14, 2018, at 1:30 PM, Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com> wrote:
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>>>> Strange, I wouldn't think so, but then I haven't used a raw servlet for so long I have no idea.
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>>>> Dave Cramer
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>>>> davec(at)postgresintl(dot)com
>>>> www.postgresintl.com
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>>>>> On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 at 13:29, Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>> Using java 1.8, postgresql-42.1.4.jar, embedded tomcat 9
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>>>>> It appears to me that I need to make the call "Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver)" when the entry is in a servlet. Is this expected, within a servlet, or is this just post hoc ergo propter hoc at it finest and I changed something else (wittingly or not). Same code outside of servlet does not need the forced loading of the class and the manual claims it's not need after java 1.6
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>>> I too am suspicious. But the vagaries of javax are daunting.
>>> But if I comment it out, as just now, “No suitable driver found...”. I was days playing with configuration and such think that this very specific error message was telling me my CLASSPATH was wrong.
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>>> I wonder if I have an old javax installation (which I put in place just recently).
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>> I’m using javax.servlet-api-3.1.0.jar
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