Classpath for Java Stored Procedures

["Bramley, Stu" <stu.bramley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is it possible to reference jar files that reside outside of the
SQLLIB/Function folder in a Java Stored Procedure - i.e. client jar files
from a third party package such as WAS/JBoss? 

I have tried setting the environment variable CLASSPATH both through
WRKENVVAR and the SystemDefault.properties file. The classpath property can
then be retrieved in the Stored Procedure and it is being displayed as
expected, however NoClassDefFound errors are still thrown. (The classpath is
definitely in the correct format and the jar file definitely exists in the
location specified)

If I extract the jar file into SQLLib/Function the errors are not thrown -
but I don't want to have to extract every jar file that I ever need to
reference from a Java Stored Procedure into this folder. There are further
dependencies for the functionality that I am working with for example and I
can see things becoming very messy very quickly. 

(Incidentally, when I try and install the JBoss client jar file
jbossall-client.jar into DB2 using the SQLJ/INSTALL_JAR stored procedure, I
receive an error SQL0445 "Value of parameter  in procedure  in  too long"
(the parameters passed in are within the sizes that SQLJ/INSTALL_JAR has
defined for it in QSYS2/SYSPARMS...?) - I think there is an internal SQL
system error here. 

Any ideas? Are there any environment variables/system values that I need to
set to make DB2 use the current classpath?

Cheers,
Stu


Stuart Bramley 
Senior Technical Developer 
Skandia Life::GroupIT 
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