[Vif-devel] Problem with database access

[Luthiger S. B. <ben...@id...>]

Dear Harry

Did you try the smoke test =
(http://localhost:8080/forum?requestType=3Dsmoke)?
If all is correct, you should see there three sections: Servlet =
Container, Java and Database.
However, I guess that the section "Database" is missing. I encountered =
such problems and was able to solve them by copying the MySQL-JDBC =
driver into the Tomcat's endorsed directory (see remarks on =
http://vif.sourceforge.net/InstallAndRun.html). The path to the Tomcat's =
endorsed directory is displayed on the smoke test page too.

Concerning the other error you got:=20
You may be correct and the servlet.jar provided by the war file is =
outdated.
In my development environment I use the jars coming with Tomcat. Maybe =
it's a good idea to drop the servlet.jar from the application as the =
come in correct version with the servlet container anyway.

PS: I send a copy of this mail to the project's mailing list to document =
the issue and how to solve it.

Regards,
Benno

-----Original Message-----
From: Harry Glasgow [mailto:har...@gm...]
Sent: Montag, 19. Juni 2006 14:21
To: Luthiger Stoll Benno
Subject: Re: Java developers with XSLT knowledge.


Hi Benno,

I have had a look around the project's home page and have begun reading =
some of the documentation. The concept is very interesting and it would =
be great to help progress the application.

I have run the war in Tomcat and, using the installation instructions, I =
was able to get as far as the createSU request type, but then got an =
error. The error log says:

at org.hip.kernel.bom.impl.DomainObjectHomeImpl.getDBAdapter =
DomainObjectHomeImpl.java:421)[...]
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
 at =
org.hip.kernel.bom.impl.DBAdapterSelector.isDBType(DBAdapterSelector.java=
:89)
 at =
org.hip.kernel.bom.impl.DBAdapterSelector.initialize(DBAdapterSelector.ja=
va:77)
 at =
org.hip.kernel.bom.impl.DBAdapterSelector.<init>(DBAdapterSelector.java:6=
3)
 at =
org.hip.kernel.bom.impl.DBAdapterSelector.<clinit>(DBAdapterSelector.java=
:48)
 ... 42 more
=20
I will try to work out what is in error soon.

Also I have done an anonymous download of the source and get a compile =
error in AbstractRequestHandler at line 151 because getRequestURL() is =
unknown for HttpServletRequest. I am using the jars from the war file. =
Is the servlet.jar the correct version?

When I am able to run the site successfully, it will be easier to =
investigate the tasks and perhaps be able to resolve some. I am more =
interested with the client / web side of applications but I am adaptable =
if required.

Regards,
Harry Glasgow