[KevinECrawford]

Hi.
I want to setup a Struts Project and define a JNDI DataSource in my Web.xml file.

however.. When I setup the JNDI Resource it gives me validation errors.

I have the xml and the erros listed below.

I am using Tomcat 5.0 and I have tested this XML on other native apps outside of MyEclipse.

If you can please advise I would appreciate it.

Thanks,
Kevin.
XML Snipted contained within the <web-app> tag

<Resource name=”jdbc/as400″ auth=”Container” type=”javax.sql.DataSource”/>
<ResourceParams name=”jdbc/sqlserver”>
<parameter>
<name>username</name>
<value>sa</value>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<name>password</name>
<value>blahblahblah</value>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<name>driverClassName</name>
<value>com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver</value>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<name>url</name>
<value>jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://dbserver</value>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<name>catalog</name>
<value>test</value>
</parameter>
</ResourceParams>
<resource-ref>
<description>DB Connection</description>
<res-ref-name>jdbc/sqlserver</res-ref-name>
<res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
<res-auth>Container</res-auth>
</resource-ref>

causes error
Kind Status Priority Description Resource In Folder Location
Error Element type “Resource” must be declared. web.xml StrutsDemo/WebRoot/WEB-INF line 27
Error Element type “ResourceParams” must be declared. web.xml StrutsDemo/WebRoot/WEB-INF line 28
Error Element type “parameter” must be declared. web.xml StrutsDemo/WebRoot/WEB-INF line 29
Error Element type “name” must be declared. web.xml StrutsDemo/WebRoot/WEB-INF line 30
Error Element type “value” must be declared. web.xml StrutsDemo/WebRoot/WEB-INF line 31
Error Element type “parameter” must be declared. web.xml StrutsDemo/WebRoot/WEB-INF line 33
Error Element type “name” must be declared. web.xml StrutsDemo/WebRoot/WEB-INF line 34
Error Element type “value” must be declared. web.xml StrutsDemo/WebRoot/WEB-INF line 35
Error Element type “parameter” must be declared. web.xml StrutsDemo/WebRoot/WEB-INF line 37
Error Element type “name” must be declared. web.xml StrutsDemo/WebRoot/WEB-INF line 38
Error Element type “value” must be declared. web.xml StrutsDemo/WebRoot/WEB-INF line 39
Error Element type “parameter” must be declared. web.xml StrutsDemo/WebRoot/WEB-INF line 41
Error Element type “name” must be declared. web.xml StrutsDemo/WebRoot/WEB-INF line 42
Error Element type “value” must be declared. web.xml StrutsDemo/WebRoot/WEB-INF line 43
Error The content of element type “web-app” must match “(icon?,display-name?,description?,distributable?,context-param*,filter*,filter-mapping*,listener*,servlet*,servlet-mapping*,session-config?,mime-mapping*,welcome-file-list?,error-page*,taglib*,resource-env-ref*,resource-ref*,security-constraint*,login-config?,security-role*,env-entry*,ejb-ref*,ejb-local-ref*)”. web.xml StrutsDemo/WebRoot/WEB-INF line 52

[Riyad Kalla]

The XMl snippet you just copy-pasted is actually what should go into your server’s config file. On Tomcat 4.1 this was in the:
<tomcat home>\conf\server.xml file
in Tomcat 5.0 its in:
<tomcat home>\conf\localhost\<webapp name>.xml file

this sets up your applications parameters. You can also do this via a GUI using the Tomcat administrator.

If you notice the error from validation, those tags you entered aren’t valid for the web.xml file. The only thing that you can put in the web.xml file related to a data source, is a reference to it; and this isn’t even necessary 😉

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