Re: Same old story :( "Cannot load JDBC driver class 'null'" - Mailing list pgsql-jdbc

From Dave Cramer
Subject Re: Same old story :( "Cannot load JDBC driver class 'null'"
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Msg-id 1078330221.3260.496.camel@localhost.localdomain
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In response to Same old story :( "Cannot load JDBC driver class 'null'"  ("Matthias Vach" <matthias.vach@web.de>)
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Matthias,

Have you read this ?
http://doc.postgresintl.com/jdbc/ch11s04.html

If it still doesn't work let me know.

Dave

On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 10:26, Matthias Vach wrote:
> Hi all,
> first of all, sorry for this long mail, but i´m working on this problem since 4 days. And i really
> need help.
> I read a lot of websites about this problem but i still can't fix my problem so i hope you could
> help me.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Every time i try to connect the postgresql-Database with my little JSP (running in Tomcat) i got
> this Error:
> --> java.sql.SQLException: Cannot load JDBC driver class 'null' <--
>
> my environment
> -----------------------------------------------
> PostgreDB and Tomcat are running on the same Server.
> - the DB is named "mze"
> - the user for this DB is named also "mze"
> - the user has no password for the DB so it's ""
>
> my Tomcat version 4.1.18
> my Tomcat is listening on Port 4444
>
> my Tomcat-Directory is: /opt/jakarta/tomcat
> the Environment varibabl is: CATALINA_HOME=/opt/jakarta/tomcat
>
> the Name of my Webapplication is:
> %CATALINA_HOME%/webapps/Timerecording
>
> my jsp is lying in:
> %CATALINA_HOME%/webapps/Timerecording/WEB-INF/jsp
>
> my javaclass is lying in:
> %CATALINA_HOME%/webapps/Timerecording/WEB-INF/src
>
> the JDBC-Driver "pg73jdbc3.jar is lying in:
> %CATALINA_HOME%/common/lib
> -----------------------------------------------
>
>
> web.xml of my webapp:
>  -----------------------------------------------
>  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
> "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">
>
> <web-app>
>     <servlet>....</servlet>
>     <servlet-mapping>....</servlet-mapping>
>
>     <resource-ref>
>         <description>postgreSQL Connection</description>
>         <res-ref-name>jdbc/mze</res-ref-name>
>         <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
>         <res-auth>Container</res-auth>
>     </resource-ref>
> </web-app>
> -----------------------------------------------
>
>
> javaclass of my webapp
> -----------------------------------------------
> public class Order {
>     String connectionState = "Not Connected";
>
>     public void init() throws Exception {
>         DataSource ds=null;
>         Connection conn=null;
>
>         Context ctx = new InitialContext();
>         ds = (DataSource) ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/mze");
>
>         try{
>             conn = ds.getConnection();        //<----------------EXCEPTION HERE
>         }
>         catch(Exception e){ throw new Exception("Boom - No Connection -->"+e);    }
>
>         try {
>             if (conn != null) {
>                 ...
>                 conn.close();
>             }
>
>         }
>         catch (Exception e) {throw new Exception(" conn == null -->" + e);    }
>     }
> -----------------------------------------------
>
>
> server.xml of my tomcat
> (sorry i don´t know what is important to fix my problem.So it´s very long! Sorry!
>  the most important is at the tail of this file):
> -----------------------------------------------
> <Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN" debug="0">
>
> <Listener className="org.apache.catalina.mbeans.ServerLifecycleListener" debug="0"/>
> <Listener className="org.apache.catalina.mbeans.GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener"
> debug="0"/>
>
> <GlobalNamingResources>
>     <Environment name="simpleValue" type="java.lang.Integer" value="30"/>
>     <Resource name="UserDatabase" auth="Container"
> type="org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase"
>             description="User database that can be updated and saved"></Resource>
>         <ResourceParams name="UserDatabase">
>         <parameter>
>             <name>factory</name>
>             <value>org.apache.catalina.users.MemoryUserDatabaseFactory</value>
>         </parameter>
>         <parameter>
>             <name>pathname</name>
>             <value>conf/tomcat-users.xml</value>
>         </parameter>
>         </ResourceParams>
> </GlobalNamingResources>
>
> <Service name="Tomcat-Standalone">
>
> <!-- Define a non-SSL Coyote HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8080 -->
> <Connector className="org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteConnector"
>     port="4444" minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75"
>     enableLookups="true" redirectPort="8443"
>     acceptCount="100" debug="0" connectionTimeout="20000"
>     useURIValidationHack="false" disableUploadTimeout="true" />
>
> <!-- Define a Coyote/JK2 AJP 1.3 Connector on port 8009 -->
> <Connector className="org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteConnector"
>     port="8009" minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75"
>     enableLookups="true" redirectPort="8443"
>     acceptCount="10" debug="0" connectionTimeout="0"
>     useURIValidationHack="false"
>     protocolHandlerClassName="org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler"/>
>
> <!-- Define the top level container in our container hierarchy -->
> <Engine name="Standalone" defaultHost="localhost" debug="0">
>
> <!-- Global logger unless overridden at lower levels -->
> <Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger"
>     prefix="catalina_log." suffix=".txt"
>     timestamp="true"/>
>
> <!-- Because this Realm is here, an instance will be shared globally -->
> <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm"
>     debug="0" resourceName="UserDatabase"/>
>
> <!-- Define the default virtual host -->
> <Host name="localhost" debug="0" appBase="webapps" unpackWARs="true"
> autoDeploy="true">
>
> <Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger"
>     directory="logs"  prefix="localhost_log." suffix=".txt" timestamp="true"/>
>
> <!-- Tomcat Examples Context -->
> <Context path="/examples" docBase="examples" debug="0" reloadable="true"
> crossContext="true">
> <Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger"
>         prefix="localhost_examples_log." suffix=".txt" timestamp="true"/>
>     <Ejb   name="ejb/EmplRecord" type="Entity"
>         home="com.wombat.empl.EmployeeRecordHome"
>         remote="com.wombat.empl.EmployeeRecord"/>
>
>     <Environment name="maxExemptions" type="java.lang.Integer" value="15"/>
>     <Parameter name="context.param.name" value="context.param.value"
> override="false"/>
>
>     <Resource name="jdbc/EmployeeAppDb" auth="SERVLET"
> type="javax.sql.DataSource"/>
>         <ResourceParams name="jdbc/EmployeeAppDb">
>             <parameter><name>username</name><value>sa</value></parameter>
>             <parameter><name>password</name><value></value></parameter>
>
> <parameter><name>driverClassName</name><value>org.hsql.jdbcDriver</value></parameter>
>
> <parameter><name>url</name><value>jdbc:HypersonicSQL:database</value></parameter>
>         </ResourceParams>
>
>     <Resource name="mail/Session" auth="Container" type="javax.mail.Session"/>
>         <ResourceParams name="mail/Session">
>
> <parameter><name>mail.smtp.host</name><value>localhost</value></parameter>
>         </ResourceParams>
>
>     <ResourceLink name="linkToGlobalResource"
>         global="simpleValue"
>         type="java.lang.Integer"/>
>
> </Context>
>
> <Context path="/webapps/Timerecording" docBase="Timerecording" debug="0"
>                 reloadable="true" crossContext="true">
>
>     <!--  PostgreSQL anbindung -->
>     <Resource name="jdbc/mze" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource"/>
>     <ResourceParams name="jdbc/mze">
>         <parameter>
>             <name>factory</name>
>             <value>org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory</value>
>         </parameter>
>         <parameter>
>             <name>url</name>
>             <value>jdbc:postgresql://127.0.0.1:5432/mze</value>
>         </parameter>
>         <parameter>
>             <name>driverClassName</name>
>             <value>org.postgresql.Driver</value>
>         </parameter>
>             <parameter>
>             <name>username</name>
>             <value>mze</value>
>         </parameter>
>         <parameter>
>             <name>password</name>
>             <value>mze</value>
>         </parameter>
>         <parameter>
>             <name>maxActive</name>
>             <value>20</value>
>         </parameter>
>         <parameter>
>             <name>maxIdle</name>
>             <value>10</value>
>         </parameter>
>         <parameter>
>             <name>maxWait</name>
>             <value>3000</value>
>         </parameter>
>     </ResourceParams>
> </Context>
>
> </Host>
> </Engine>
> </Service>
> </Server>
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> Thank you for all help
> Matthias
>
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