Thanks Jagadish for the detailed information. Let me forward your reply
to Richard to quality alias.
Richard has filed the following issue, could you please look into. Thanks !
"Please place a README.TXT in lib/ext that explicitly says what should should and
should not. This will save a lot of support calls"
https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=10628
Thanks,
Judy
Jagadish Prasath Ramu wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> GF_INSTALL_ROOT/domains/<domain-name>/lib or GF_INSTALL_ROOT/lib is the
> recommended directory to provide the jdbc drivers.
>
> Typically, ext dirs represent the extensions directory where extensions
> to core APIs can be placed.
> http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/ext/basics/install.html
>
> You can follow the GlassFish thread about the recommended locations to
> copy the jdbc driver.
> http://tinyurl.com/yzkfdwy
>
> Copying to lib/ext directory so as to overcome eclipse link related
> issue is a restriction
> which is documented in the following section :
> "Restrictions and Optimizations"
> http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-7695/gbxjh?a=view
>
> Thanks,
> -Jagadish
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 09:19 -0700, Anissa Lam wrote:
>
>> There seems to be confusion on where exactly the JDBC drivers should
>> be installed in v3. Thanks for all the great suggestion on how to
>> make the pool creation experience better.
>> I have contacted the doc team so they are aware of the issues.
>> Jagadish Ramu is the owner of the JDBC resource, I am cc'ing him so
>> he can send his comment as well.
>>
>> thanks
>> Anissa.
>>
>> Richard Kolb wrote:
>>
>>> Some more work when you wake up :)
>>> https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=10628
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>>> 2009/10/28 Judy Tang <Judy.J.Tang_at_sun.com>
>>> Good point Richard. Will let Anissa sleep now and think
>>> about it tomorrow :-)
>>>
>>> Thanks !
>>> Judy
>>>
>>>
>>> Richard Kolb wrote:
>>> > Hi Judy
>>> >
>>> > I think we have a more complex problem. The driver may
>>> > need to be in lib/ext to make Oracle Toplink work.
>>> > Personally I don't use toplink so I can't confirm this.
>>> >
>>> > Maybe a nice to have (and a quick one) is to add a
>>> > README.TXT file in lib/ext and say what should and what
>>> > should not be included there.
>>> >
>>> > regards
>>> > Richard
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 2009/10/28 Judy Tang <Judy.J.Tang_at_sun.com>
>>> > Hi Richard,
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for continue testing and report issues. It helps us to know where to improve.
>>> >
>>> > Checked with Yifeng she confirmed if put the driver in domain1/lib, it is working fine. Thanks Yifeng :-)
>>> >
>>> > Thanks Anissa, you are so fast, even looked into online Help and found an issue there.
>>> >
>>> > I have a suggestion and see if it is possible to add code to check under domain1/lib, if driver is not
>>> > there, may be pop up an error message to suggest user to put the driver in the right place ?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Judy
>>> >
>>> > Anissa Lam wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > Hi Richard,
>>> > > I have looked at this and realized what is the
>>> > > problem.
>>> > > The location where you install the oracle driver
>>> > > is the issue. It should be placed under
>>> > > glassfishv3/glassfish/domains/domain1/lib
>>> > > (Note: NOT lib/ext).
>>> > > Once you put it there, and restart the driver,
>>> > > connector runtime is able to detect that and
>>> > > console presented the correct information.
>>> > > Attached is the list of property shown when i
>>> > > select "javax.sql.DataSource" as the resource
>>> > > type.
>>> > >
>>> > > I checked the current Online Help for creating
>>> > > the pool, the help did mention that lib/ext
>>> > > being an alternate location which is incorrect.
>>> > >
>>> > > # Make the driver accessible to the common
>>> > > class loader.
>>> > > 1. Copy the JAR and ZIP files of the driver
>>> > > into the domain-dir/lib directory; or copy the
>>> > > class files into the domain-dir/lib/ext
>>> > > directory.
>>> > > 2. Restart the domain.
>>> > >
>>> > > I will contact the doc team and ensure that this
>>> > > will be corrected.
>>> > > Again, thanks for drawing this to our attention
>>> > > and takeing the time to file the bug.
>>> > >
>>> > > thanks
>>> > > Anissa.
>>> > >
>>> > > Richard Kolb wrote:
>>> > > > Hi Anissa
>>> > > >
>>> > > > No problem, just glad I saw it.
>>> > > > Will copy the GF 2.1 setting.
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > regards
>>> > > > Richard
>>> > > >
>>> > > > 2009/10/28 Anissa Lam <Anissa.Lam_at_sun.com>
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Hi Richard,
>>> > > > I will look into this. In the
>>> > > > meantime, maybe you can work around
>>> > > > the problem by adding rows in the
>>> > > > Property table and fill in the
>>> > > > Property name and value pair instead
>>> > > > of relying GUI to provide the property
>>> > > > list for you to fill in the value.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Sorry for the inconvenience.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > thanks
>>> > > > Anissa.
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Richard Kolb wrote:
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > Can someone please confirm this
>>> > > > > (it's a bad one) :
>>> > > > > https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=10626
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > >
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