Configuring JNDI DataSource in Tomcat 4.x

[Wendy Cameron]

I have tried the code, posted previously and I get SQLException Cannot
load JDBC driver when trying to get the connection, however if i move
the JNDI stuff to a context it works perfectly, but I actually want it
to be global or part of the default context.

Neither strategy seems to work in Tomcat 4.1.12

The exact exception is :

java.sql.SQLException: Cannot load JDBC driver class 'null'
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSou
rce.java:529)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource
.java:312)
at foo.DBTest.init(DBTest.java:23)
at org.apache.jsp.foo_jsp._jspService(foo_jsp.java:49)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:136)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper
.java:204)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:2
89)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:240)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Appl
icationFilterChain.java:247)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationF
ilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperV
alve.java:260)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.jav
a:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextV
alve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.jav
a:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:
2396)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.j
ava:180)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatche
rValve.java:170)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.j
ava:172)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.jav
a:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineVal
ve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.jav
a:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)

at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:22
3)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java
:405)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.proce
ssConnection(Http11Protocol.java:380)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java
:508)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadP
ool.java:533)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)