Hi Richard,
I like your suggestion. Please file a doc bug on it.
Many thanks :-)
Judy
Richard Kolb wrote:
> Hi Judy and Jagadish
>
> Thanks very much for the info.
>
> Should I file a documentation request to make this clear in the
> deployment guide ?
> At the moment is says you must install JDBC drivers to lib/ext to take
> advantage of Eclipse Link(Page 125)
> */This is incorrect, it needs to be in lib as well/
>
>
> From the post Jagadish sent (http://tinyurl.com/yzkfdwy):*
> /Drivers can be placed in domain-dir/lib and they should be placed
> there. They can be placed in domain-dir/lib/ext/ as well, but not
> recommended unless some one wants to use Oracle driver and Oracle
> specific extension in eclipselink. /
>
> *Maybe add :*
> If the driver is only in lib/ext the admin GUI does not configure a
> JDBC resource correctly. You need to copy the driver in lib as well.
>
> regards
> Richard
>
>
>
> 2009/10/28 Judy Tang <Judy.J.Tang_at_sun.com <mailto:Judy.J.Tang_at_sun.com>>
>
> 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> <mailto: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> <mailto: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> <mailto: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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