> On Dec 14, 2018, at 2:02 PM, Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>> On Dec 14, 2018, at 1:30 PM, Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com <mailto:pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>> wrote:
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>> Strange, I wouldn't think so, but then I haven't used a raw servlet for so long I have no idea.
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>> Dave Cramer
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>> davec(at)postgresintl(dot)com <mailto:davec(at)postgresintl(dot)com>
>> www.postgresintl.com <http://www.postgresintl.com/>
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>> On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 at 13:29, Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com <mailto:robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
>> Using java 1.8, postgresql-42.1.4.jar, embedded tomcat 9
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>> It appears to me that I need to make the call "Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver)" when the entry is in a servlet. Is this expected, within a servlet, or is this just post hoc ergo propter hoc at it finest and I changed something else (wittingly or not). Same code outside of servlet does not need the forced loading of the class and the manual claims it's not need after java 1.6
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> I too am suspicious. But the vagaries of javax are daunting.
> But if I comment it out, as just now, “No suitable driver found...”. I was days playing with configuration and such think that this very specific error message was telling me my CLASSPATH was wrong.
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> I wonder if I have an old javax installation (which I put in place just recently).
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I’m using javax.servlet-api-3.1.0.jar
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