Connection to tamino thru a servlet URGENT

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Hi guys,

I can connect to a tamino server thru a simple Test.java file without any problem. When I take my code and put it within a servlet running over Tomcat/Apache, the Server becomes Not Available!

Does any one of you knows why?
Thx a lot

Fady Kaddoum

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Start with checking the classpath within the Tomcat environment. It needs to include all .jar files of the API.

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Hi Christian

Actually yes, all jar files are included and the tamino function (TConnection) is compiling, the servlet is running but it throws a TServerNotAvailableException!

Is that what you meant by checking the classpath or need i do more than that?

Fady

Fady Kaddoum

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Hi Fady,

Christian is referring to the classpath defined within Tomcat’s environment.

There are a number of potential problems, but we would need more information to indentify the most likely problem:
  - is Tomcat on the same machine as Tamino?
  - is this the machine that you ran your successful test from?
  - which OS is used on each machine?
  - which Tamino & API version is being used?
  - which Tomcat & Apache versions?
  - do the Tomcat / Apache logs give any relevant information?
  - could you post the source of Test.java?

Thanks,
Trevor.

5

Hello Trevor!

To answaer your questions:

- No, actually Tomcat is running on a machine & Tamino on another one within the same network. Tamino can be administered from the machine where Tomcat is running!

- Yes, Test.java runs successfully on the machine where the servlet does not run and throws the ServerNotAvailableException (This is why I thought directly it is a problem of configuration of Tomcat)

- Tomcat is running on Windows 2000 Professional whereas Tamino is running on a Windows 2000 Advanced Server

- Tamino version 3.1.1.1, Tamino Java API v 3.1.1

- Apache Tomecat 4.0

- No, actually it logs the message generated by the exception (ServerNotAvailable) neither more nor less than that

- Yep of course, but as it names shows, Test.java just tests the connection to the server, so actually it is a two lines programs that open the connection to a specific DB started on Tamino and then closes it, not more than that:
try {
con = TConnectionFactory.getInstance().newConnection(dbPath);

}
catch (TServerNotAvailableException e) {
throw new ServerDownException(“Invalid, server or database name”);
}




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Fady Kaddoum

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Oups! the code again is:
try {
con = TConnectionFactory.getInstance().newConnection(“http://10.2.72.151/tamino/mydb”);
con.close();
}
catch (TServerNotAvailableException e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
catch (TConnectionCloseException e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}

Fady Kaddoum

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Hi Fady,

that is a puzzle! Could you perhaps post the Servlet’s code, and the classpath which Tomcat is using?

Just so that we know it: which webserver are you using, and which machine is it running on?

Thanks,
Trevor.

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Hi Trevor,

Actually I rechecked my CLASSPATH, I had the right classpath for my JSPs but NOT my servlets, so I fixed the classpath for the servlets and now it is working great!

Thanks a lot Trevor, I know at one point in time it was really wierd but now it works

Thx again

Fady Kaddoum