Hi Judy
Jagadish seems to think this is a bug, so maybe the doc change is not
necessary just yet.
Will keep an eye open on this issue
thanks
Richard.
2009/10/29 Judy Tang <Judy.J.Tang_at_sun.com>
> 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>
>
>> 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> <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> <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> <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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