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Posted to dev@cocoon.apache.org by Davanum Srinivas <di...@yahoo.com> on 2001/07/23 14:08:19 UTC
[C2][Beta2] Does Avalon Excalibur in CVS honor entry for JDBC?
Berin,
Is this already in?
Thanks,
dims
--- Berin Loritsch <bl...@apache.org> wrote:
> Davanum Srinivas wrote:
> >
> > > > The most common reason for this exception is that the driver was not loaded.
> > > > Cocoon uses an initial parameter in the "web.xml" file to automatically load
> > > > classes on startup. This way, the class is loaded only once and the
> > > > server's
> > > > time is spent doing more productive things. Make sure the following entry
> > > > is in your "web.xml" file:
> > > >
> > > > <init-param>
> > > > <param-name>load-class</param-name>
> > > > <param-value>
> > > > <!-- comma or whitespace separated list of fully qualified class names
> > > > to load on startup.
> > > > -->
> > > > oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
> > > > </param-value>
> > > > </init-param>
> > > >
> > > > If the class is loaded correctly, and you are still getting this error,
> > > > then there
> > > > is probably an error in your connection information. The SQLException
> > > > above is thrown when there are no open connections to the database.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Even if placing JDBC drivers in the load-class param can be justified
> > > from a design point of view (it's loaded only once, it's a deployment
> > > parameter, etc), it appears that it is confusing users. This is mainly
> > > because nearly all tools that rely on a JDBC connection (including C1)
> > > ask for the JDBC url and driver class at the same time or place.
> > >
> > > What about allowing to optionally specify the driver class name in the
> > > datasource configuration ?
> >
> > +1. How about post Beta2?
>
> Actually, that requires a change to Avalon Excalibur--I can commit it to
> CVS now. The new configuration element will be <driver>.
>
> <jdbc name="personnel">
> <driver>oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</driver>
> <dburl>jdbc:oracle:thin:@host:1521:ORCL</dburl>
> </jdbc>
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Re: [C2][Beta2] Does Avalon Excalibur in CVS honor entry for
JDBC?
Posted by Berin Loritsch <bl...@apache.org>.
Davanum Srinivas wrote:
>
> Berin,
>
> Is this already in?
Not unless someone built Avalon Excalibur any time soon.
>
> Thanks,
> dims
>
> --- Berin Loritsch <bl...@apache.org> wrote:
> > Davanum Srinivas wrote:
> > >
> > > > > The most common reason for this exception is that the driver was not loaded.
> > > > > Cocoon uses an initial parameter in the "web.xml" file to automatically load
> > > > > classes on startup. This way, the class is loaded only once and the
> > > > > server's
> > > > > time is spent doing more productive things. Make sure the following entry
> > > > > is in your "web.xml" file:
> > > > >
> > > > > <init-param>
> > > > > <param-name>load-class</param-name>
> > > > > <param-value>
> > > > > <!-- comma or whitespace separated list of fully qualified class names
> > > > > to load on startup.
> > > > > -->
> > > > > oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
> > > > > </param-value>
> > > > > </init-param>
> > > > >
> > > > > If the class is loaded correctly, and you are still getting this error,
> > > > > then there
> > > > > is probably an error in your connection information. The SQLException
> > > > > above is thrown when there are no open connections to the database.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Even if placing JDBC drivers in the load-class param can be justified
> > > > from a design point of view (it's loaded only once, it's a deployment
> > > > parameter, etc), it appears that it is confusing users. This is mainly
> > > > because nearly all tools that rely on a JDBC connection (including C1)
> > > > ask for the JDBC url and driver class at the same time or place.
> > > >
> > > > What about allowing to optionally specify the driver class name in the
> > > > datasource configuration ?
> > >
> > > +1. How about post Beta2?
> >
> > Actually, that requires a change to Avalon Excalibur--I can commit it to
> > CVS now. The new configuration element will be <driver>.
> >
> > <jdbc name="personnel">
> > <driver>oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</driver>
> > <dburl>jdbc:oracle:thin:@host:1521:ORCL</dburl>
> > </jdbc>
>
> > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/x-pkcs7-signature name=smime.p7s
>
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