WebLogic service packs

[Justin Brister <ju...@mondus.com>]

I am looking to use struts to develop a number of applications running
under WebLogic 5.1 with Service Pack 6. The struts documentation states
that service pack 8 is required for WL 5.1. Does anyone know if struts
will work with sp6. We cannot upgrade to sp 8 or 9 for certain
reasons!!!
 
Many thanx,
Justin Brister

Architecture & Performance Review Project Manager

justin.brister@mondus.co.uk 

Tel : 020 7016 8000
Fax : 020 7016 8001


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Re: WebLogic service packs

[Andrew Harris <an...@netcomuk.co.uk>]

Send reply to:  	struts-user@jakarta.apache.org
Subject:        	WebLogic service packs
Date sent:      	Fri, 13 Jul 2001 17:05:50 +0100
From:           	"Justin Brister" <ju...@mondus.com>
To:             	<st...@jakarta.apache.org>

> I am looking to use struts to develop a number of applications running
> under WebLogic 5.1 with Service Pack 6. The struts documentation states
> that service pack 8 is required for WL 5.1. Does anyone know if struts
> will work with sp6. We cannot upgrade to sp 8 or 9 for certain
> reasons!!!
>  
> Many thanx,
> Justin Brister
> 
> Architecture & Performance Review Project Manager
> 
> justin.brister@mondus.co.uk 
> 
> Tel : 020 7016 8000
> Fax : 020 7016 8001

I've had success with WebLogic 5.1 sp5 using MVC and custom 
tags, no internationalisation or templates; I can't advise regarding 
sp6.

There were a few problems:

o WAR file had to be unpacked so WebLogic could find files other 
than classes in the classes directory.
o ActionServlet was not automatically started even though this was 
specified in the web.xml. This did not matter to us, the 
ActionServlet loaded fine on the first request to it.

However I suggest you don't take anyone's word for it: carry out a 
Proof of Concept, as we did, using the features which you are 
depending on.

--
Andrew Harris			
andrewsh@netcomuk.co.uk