Re: Datasource setup for iSeries in Tomcat

[Jason Abreu <abreuj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.