Re: WebSphere Database Samples problems

Dave,

you may want to email Bleddyn at Ignite/400....I think he had some
experiences that may help you on this....:)



On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, Dave Murvin wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have installed WebSphere 3.5.4 using the default IBM HTTP server (I could
> not get the Apache HTTP server to work with WebSphere) on V5R1.  I am now
> in the process of trying out the sample applications.    Simple samples
> seem to work, but I am having problems creating the database required for
> the database samples.
>
> My problem is in Step 4: Run the Database Servlet.
>
> I have created the WSDEMO userprofile with the wsdemo1 password and
> successfully completed all the other previous steps (as far as I can
> tell).  When I click on the Submit button for Step 4, I get the following
> message:
>
> An error occurred while trying to create the database
> An exception occurred during database setup: **
> java.lang.NullPointerException ** Error message: ** null ** Check that all
> of the database access parameters submitted are accurate. (Note that the
> username and password are case sensitive.)
> You won't be able to run any of the database samples until database setup
> has been run successfully.
>
>
> I have tried this step (using upper and lower case for userid and password)
> and the previous steps several times and I keep getting the same
> message.  I am at a loss as where to look next.  I can't tell what the
> problem is or where it occurred.  I have not found any logs that tell me
> anything either (I may not be looking in the right place).
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Dave Murvin
> DRM Enterprises, Inc.
> davem@drme.com
>
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