Data Source and Java Beans 1

[jetec]

how can I utilized a Data source from a java bean? Or do i need to redifine my connection within the class?

Thanks
JE

 

[sedj]

You just use JNDI (javax.naming package) :

// Obtain a JNDI javax.naming.Context object
Context ctx = new InitialContext();
// Retrieve a DataSource object using JNDI
DataSource ds = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/myDSName");

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[jetec]

Thanks sedj! I did not know I could actually do that, i wasn't sure if it was tomcat specific code. As you can tell, i'm new to jsp/java,tomcat.

Thanks!
JE