JNDI lookup from a JSP page (URGENT)

Question

Hello,
In my JSP I was using the "conn = DriverManager.getConnection("URL","username", "password")" scheme
to connect to the database. I want to change this to use the JNDI for the database lookup in the same JSP.
After creating this JSP i am using the include directive to include this JSP in all my other JSPs so that I can get the connection on other JSPs too.
My included JSP where I use the JNDI look up is:
<%@ page import="javax.naming.*,javax.sql.DataSource,java.sql.*" %>
<%!
static Connection conn;
static Statement statement;
static DataSource dataSource;
%>
try{
     Context ctx = new InitialContext();
     dataSource = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("MY_JNDI_NAME");
     conn = dataSource.getConnection();
     statement = conn.createStatement();
}catch (Exception excep){
     out.println("Exception occurred "+excep);
%>
After I include this JSP in my main JSP, i get some error:
188: Type expected. } catch (Throwable t) { ^ 1 error
Can anyone here please help how to fix this.
Thanks

Answer 1

<%@ page import="javax.naming.*,javax.sql.DataSource,java.sql.*" %>
<%!
static Connection conn;
static Statement statement;
static DataSource dataSource;
%><% // <-- you were missing a "<%" here
try{
Context ctx = new InitialContext();
dataSource = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("MY_JNDI_NAME");
conn = dataSource.getConnection();
statement = conn.createStatement();
}catch (Exception excep){
out.println("Exception occurred "+excep);
%>If I run that code in tomcat I get "Exception occurred javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Name MY_JNDI_NAME is not bound in this Context". Which is what I would expect.
btw: You really shouldn't be doing this stuff in a jsp.