Re: Problems setting up PostgreSQL and Tomcat JDBC connection

When I wrote a servlet for TC3.2.3, before Connection conn=bla..., I had
Class.forName("org.postgresql.driver");
As far as the location of postgresql.jar, I had it in JDK_HOME/lib and in
TOMCAT_HOME/lib at least (maybe in WEB-INF/lib as well - I can't remember)

-----Original Message-----
From: Nikola Milutinovic <Nikola(dot)Milutinovic(at)ev(dot)co(dot)yu>
To: Tomcat Users <tomcat-user(at)jakarta(dot)apache(dot)org>; PostgreSQL
<pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Date: Monday, October 22, 2001 4:01 PM
Subject: [GENERAL] Problems setting up PostgreSQL and Tomcat JDBC connection

>Hi all.
>
>I'm crossposting this to two mailing lists, I think poth parties are
concerned.
>
>Finaly got some time to work on my project on Tomcat and I ran into
problems.
>Mostly these problems stem from the inconsistent documentation that
accompanies
>Tomcat 4.0 distribution. And it would appear that PostgreSQL is also in
error
>(see below).
>
>I have:
>
>- Tru64 UNIX 4.0D (a.k.a. Digital UNIX)
>- Java 1.3.0 SDK
>- Tomcat 4.0 final release
>- PostgreSQL 7.1.0
>- PostgreSQL JDBC 2.0 compliant driver
>
>QUESTION 1: How do I go about setting it up with Tomcat?
>
>I have tried the following:
>
>- placed postgresql.jar in ${CATALINA_HOME}/common/lib/
>- added CATALINA_OPTS="-Djdbc.drivers=postgresql.Driver"
>- restarted Tomcat
>
>My JSP file is:
>
><%-- My first go at PostgreSQL and JSP --%>
><%@ page info="test" import="java.sql.*, javax.sql.*" %>
><%!
>Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(
>"jdbc:postgresql://localhost/mercury", "test", "test00" );
>String query = "SELECT * FROM div";
>%>
>
>[SNIP]
>
></html>
>
>When I run it, I get the following error:
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP
>...
>
>Root Cause:
>
>java.lang.NumberFormatException: postgresql
>...
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>This would imply that I'm either using a wrong connection string or the
driver
>isn't loaded, right?
>
>QUESTION 2: Now this may sound dumb, but... PostgreSQL docs state that I
should
>load driver with "-Djdbc.drivers=posgresql.Driver", but if I list
postgresql.jar
>file, I see it is "org.postgresql.Driver". Is this a typo in the docs?
>
>Nix.
>
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