Re: Datasource setup for iSeries in Tomcat

Bobby,

After you copy the jt400.jar file to the TOMCAT_ROOT\common\lib folder, you must restart the Tomcat server for it to pick up the new file.
Also, if your web applications are going to use the archive, I would suggest also copying the jt400.jar file to the TOMCAT_ROOT\shared\lib folder, as well.

As far as creating a jdbc resource in Tomcat to use from your applications:
Are you using the Tomcat Administrator application to set up your resource, or are you directly editing the xml files? Remember, you have to create a POOL, not just a single driver, to get a connection from.
Is your resource set up correctly in the server?

--Jason

After you add the
Bobby Fisher wrote:

I am trying to setup a datasource under Tomcat 6 for iSeries and somehow I
am not getting it right. I am getting the message 'Cannot create JDBC
creator of class *com.ibm*.*as400*.*access*.AS400JDBCDriver'. I have created
context.xml appropriately under my application's META-INF folder and have my
jt400.jar under Tomcat's main lib folder and instantiating Connection in my
application.
If anybody has those settings, could you please let me know?

Thanks.