Oracle OCIConnectionPool and Tomcat DataSource

[pssmikew]

I am trying to use Oracle's Proxy Authentication implementation with my app. running on Tomcat 4.1.x. I have configured the /conf/server.xml file to create a DataSource when the container is initialized. When using the default java.sql.DataSource, this works fine. This is my problem:

<!-- Here is where we define the database driver. -->
<Context path=&quot;/proven&quot; docBase=&quot;proven&quot;
debug=&quot;5&quot; reloadable=&quot;false&quot; crossContext=&quot;true&quot;
privileged=&quot;true&quot;>

<Logger className=&quot;org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger&quot;
prefix=&quot;datasource_proven.&quot;
suffix=&quot;.log&quot;
timestamp=&quot;true&quot;/>

<Resource name=&quot;jdbc/provenDS&quot; auth=&quot;Container&quot;
type=&quot;oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleConnectionPoolDataSource&quot; />
<ResourceParams name=&quot;jdbc/provenDS&quot;>
<parameter>
<name>factory</name>
<value>oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSourceFactory</value>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<name>url</name>
<value>jdbcracleci8roven_app_owner/xxxxx@provendev2</value>
</parameter>
</ResourceParams>
</Context>

This is my entry for the jndi DataSource using an oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleOCIConnectionPool. I get a null pointer when i use this configuration. The jndi DataSource works fine when i used an oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleConnectionPoolDataSource object. So i know that I have the OCI driver working fine. Any help would be much appreciated.