Re: multiple connections to db over jsp

[Guy Rouillier <guyr-ml1(at)burntmail(dot)com>]

Frank Habermann wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> First i must say that i am relativ new with java, tomcat and servlet and 
> jsp.
>
> I know how to create a simple connection to postgresql with jdbc. I want 
> to create some simple pages with jsp's that uses postgresql as database. 
> My problem is how to implement this connection as best in jsp's.
> So i want to create 10 (for example) connections to postgresql if the 
> application is loaded in tomcat so that if a user call a jsp over the 
> browser the jsp don not create a connection itself. Is this possible? I 
> think this is possible in a servlet. But is it possible in a jsp?
> Can somebody give me some hints or some documentation for this?!

Look up datasource in the Tomcat reference.  Here's the link for 5.5:

http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.html

This creates a connection pool, and in your JSP page, you just retrieve 
a connection from the pool when you need one.

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Guy Rouillier