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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Gene Horodecki <ge...@shaw.ca> on 2005/05/01 03:08:07 UTC
Re: Is 5.5.9 stable?
Thank you for your reply. I thought perhaps I had been mistaken about the 5.5 documentation and I went back and checked and it does seem to be inaccurate. This is a direct quote from http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.5-doc/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.html
"Configure the JNDI DataSource in Tomcat by adding a declaration for your resource to $CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml.
Add this in between the </Context> tag of the examples context and the </Host> tag closing the localhost definition."
However, there is no </Context> tag in server.xml any longer because contexts are in their own file. I then attempted to place it in context.xml but it would not work. I don't feel comfortable doing something other then what the instructions say.
I also purchased a book on Tomcat 5.5 and it also instructed to put the <Context> in server.xml. Is there something I'm missing here? Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: Parsons Technical Services <pa...@earthlink.net>
Date: Friday, April 29, 2005 10:31 pm
Subject: Re: Is 5.5.9 stable?
> Both are latest and greatest. If 5.0.28 works fine for you then I
> don't see
> any reason not to stick with it for now.
>
>
> The main difference in the two (as I have read) is that 5.5 does
> not need
> the JDK and as such resolves some license issues for a lot of
> users who
> wanted to package and distribute Tomcat as turn key. The JRE can
> be done
> this way but not the JDK. So for now you are fine with the 5.0
> branch. And
> please anyone correct me if I am wrong here or the is any other
> major
> reasons.
>
> As for the JDBC did you follow the instructions on the 5.5 web
> page? The 5.0
> page is different and will not work.
>
> I know there is a note on the 5.5 page, but maybe we could ask
> nicely if
> someone could put a big warning on the 5.0 page about 5.5
>
> As for 5.5.8 there should be a link for the archives that will
> take you to
> it.
>
> Doug
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene Horodecki" <ge...@shaw.ca>
> To: <to...@jakarta.apache.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 3:31 PM
> Subject: Is 5.5.9 stable?
>
>
> > I've been battling this all week, I'm hoping someone can lend a
> helping
> > hand. I read that Tomcat 5.5.9 was the latest stable version
> and so I
> > downloaded it and installed on Linux FC2 and AIX 5.1, though I
> realize on
> > the website it says 'current development focus'-- does this mean
> it is not
> > stable? I attempted to follow the accompanying documentation on
> setting
> > up a JDBC resource, as well as similar instructions in a book
> that I
> > purchased. I could not do so because I found that 5.5.9
> utilizes a
> > seperate context.xml file which does not seem to be referenced
> in any
> > documentation anywhere. This changed things, such as the
> location of
> > <DefaultContext>, etc. I attempted to compensate but I could
> not get a
> > JDBC config to work without error. I read one post on the
> internet in
> > which a user ran into the same problem and the advice was to go
> to
> > 5.5.8-stable, which is not available on the primary downloading
> site. In
> > desperation, I installed Tomcat 5.0.28 which seems to work well
> > but I want to make sure I am using the latest and greatest. All
> I want is
> > a stable version that works. Which version should I use? To me
> the
> > online instructions on the matter do not seem clear.
> >
> > Thanks so much for your comments / suggestions.
> >
> >
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Re: Is 5.5.9 stable?
Posted by Parsons Technical Services <pa...@earthlink.net>.
I wouldn't say inaccurate but contradicting. Placing the information in the
context tag in the server.xml will work but the preferred method to declare
the context is in a separate file. Thus the instructions are not showing the
preferred method. It is however the simplest setup for beginners. Often the
configuration is for a manual deploy that is accomplished by creating the
directories by hand, and not deploying the app with a war or such.
You can place it in the context.xml file if it is to apply only for that
app. I run 5.0 and use global data resources, so I don't have an example but
I am sure that there are several on the list that can provide one.
Often books are based on the examples from the web, or visa versa. Also the
5.5 docs are a modified version of the 5.0 docs (At least it appears that
way).
You may wish to start a new thread and ask for some help on setups.
Doug
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Horodecki" <ge...@shaw.ca>
To: "Tomcat Users List" <to...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: Is 5.5.9 stable?
> Thank you for your reply. I thought perhaps I had been mistaken about the
> 5.5 documentation and I went back and checked and it does seem to be
> inaccurate. This is a direct quote from
> http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.5-doc/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.html
>
> "Configure the JNDI DataSource in Tomcat by adding a declaration for your
> resource to $CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml.
> Add this in between the </Context> tag of the examples context and the
> </Host> tag closing the localhost definition."
>
> However, there is no </Context> tag in server.xml any longer because
> contexts are in their own file. I then attempted to place it in
> context.xml but it would not work. I don't feel comfortable doing
> something other then what the instructions say.
>
> I also purchased a book on Tomcat 5.5 and it also instructed to put the
> <Context> in server.xml. Is there something I'm missing here? Thanks.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Parsons Technical Services <pa...@earthlink.net>
> Date: Friday, April 29, 2005 10:31 pm
> Subject: Re: Is 5.5.9 stable?
>
>> Both are latest and greatest. If 5.0.28 works fine for you then I
>> don't see
>> any reason not to stick with it for now.
>>
>>
>> The main difference in the two (as I have read) is that 5.5 does
>> not need
>> the JDK and as such resolves some license issues for a lot of
>> users who
>> wanted to package and distribute Tomcat as turn key. The JRE can
>> be done
>> this way but not the JDK. So for now you are fine with the 5.0
>> branch. And
>> please anyone correct me if I am wrong here or the is any other
>> major
>> reasons.
>>
>> As for the JDBC did you follow the instructions on the 5.5 web
>> page? The 5.0
>> page is different and will not work.
>>
>> I know there is a note on the 5.5 page, but maybe we could ask
>> nicely if
>> someone could put a big warning on the 5.0 page about 5.5
>>
>> As for 5.5.8 there should be a link for the archives that will
>> take you to
>> it.
>>
>> Doug
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gene Horodecki" <ge...@shaw.ca>
>> To: <to...@jakarta.apache.org>
>> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 3:31 PM
>> Subject: Is 5.5.9 stable?
>>
>>
>> > I've been battling this all week, I'm hoping someone can lend a
>> helping
>> > hand. I read that Tomcat 5.5.9 was the latest stable version
>> and so I
>> > downloaded it and installed on Linux FC2 and AIX 5.1, though I
>> realize on
>> > the website it says 'current development focus'-- does this mean
>> it is not
>> > stable? I attempted to follow the accompanying documentation on
>> setting
>> > up a JDBC resource, as well as similar instructions in a book
>> that I
>> > purchased. I could not do so because I found that 5.5.9
>> utilizes a
>> > seperate context.xml file which does not seem to be referenced
>> in any
>> > documentation anywhere. This changed things, such as the
>> location of
>> > <DefaultContext>, etc. I attempted to compensate but I could
>> not get a
>> > JDBC config to work without error. I read one post on the
>> internet in
>> > which a user ran into the same problem and the advice was to go
>> to
>> > 5.5.8-stable, which is not available on the primary downloading
>> site. In
>> > desperation, I installed Tomcat 5.0.28 which seems to work well
>> > but I want to make sure I am using the latest and greatest. All
>> I want is
>> > a stable version that works. Which version should I use? To me
>> the
>> > online instructions on the matter do not seem clear.
>> >
>> > Thanks so much for your comments / suggestions.
>> >
>> >
>> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
>> ----
>> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tomcat-user-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org
>> > For additional commands, e-mail: tomcat-user-help@jakarta.apache.org
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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