Creating DataSource in Visual Administrator for Oracle DataBase

Question

Hi Experts,
I want to connect to external Orcle Database from my application(EJbs,Web Dynpro) where i need to call some stored Procedures.for that one i want to create
DataSource in Visual Administrator.
i got some doubts for  creating DataSource in Visual Administrator
1.which SQL engine i need to use(open SQL or Native SQL or Vendor SQL)
2.shall i need to deploy any additional drivers(jars) in WAS
any help will be appriciated
thanks in Advance
With Regards
Naidu

Answer 1

I can see you are still looking for answeres, I have included more explicit examples of how to connect to an Oracle DB via an SAP Visual Administrator Datasource.
First the DB has to exist and you should be able to connect to it using some other application to test with like Toad for example.
Secondly for installing the Data Source via Visual Administrator you will need to verify that you have a an Database Driver defined in the Visual Admin first, if not define one. Defining an oracle driver is as simple as providing an alias name for the driver and supplying the Oracle classses.jar, or ojdbc14.jar. Click Create Driver in the Visual Admin enter an alias name  and click Browse to find one of the jar files mentioned above. Once done click the diskette looking icon to save.
After the above 2 steps you can either define the Datasource manually in the Visual Administrator or Import the datasource via an xml file as defined below.
I have included a mock datasource.xml file which you can copy and paste and more or less use as  a reference.
<b>Note</b>
With Oracle I have always sected <b>Vender SQL</b> as I can not get any of the other selections to work properly when connecting to our Oracle DB. I have also used this approach to connect to Oracle 8 databases as well. We have been using these Datasources in production for many years without incident.
Variables Defined
<b> data-source-name </b> PORTFOLIODS is the name we use to look up the Datasource via JDBC.
<b>driver-name </b>  The name that you have defined for the Oracle jar libary you added as a Database Driver via the Visual Administrator.
<b> url </b>           The "Type 3" Network URL pathname to the Oracle DB.
<b> user </b>        The account you want to log in as.
<b> password </b> The account password for the DB.
Cheers,
Alex
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE data-sources SYSTEM 'data-sources.dtd'>
<data-sources>
  <application-name>chep.com/JDBCConnectior_PORTFOLIODS.xml</application-name>
  <data-source>
    <data-source-name>PORTFOLIODS</data-source-name>
    <driver-name>Oracle9i</driver-name>
    <max-connections>25</max-connections>
    <max-time-to-wait-connection>60</max-time-to-wait-connection>
    <sql-engine>vendor_sql</sql-engine>
    <jdbc-2.0>
      <cpds-class-name>oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleConnectionPoolDataSource</cpds-class-name>
      <object-factory>oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSourceFactory</object-factory>
      <properties>
        <property>
          <property-name>url</property-name>
          <property-value>jdbc:oracle:thin:@usdenedu169.cnn.com:1521:ORCL</property-value>
        </property>
        <property>
          <property-name>user</property-name>
          <property-value>LogisticsApplication</property-value>
        </property>
        <property>
          <property-name>password</property-name>
          <property-value>logisticsAppPwd</property-value>
        </property>
      </properties>
    </jdbc-2.0>
  </data-source>
</data-sources>