Problem configure mysql datasource

Question

Hi, I am trying to use mysql datasource for my application. I had configured MYSQL_DRIVER and then
i had configured gtasappdb datasource with
   driver-class-name = com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
   url               = jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/appdb
   alias             = appdbdatasource
And then i tried to deploy a EJB application which uses the above 'appdbdatasource'. When the application starts
it says cannot find 'gtasappdb' connectionfactory.
So can anyone tell me what should be done to use mysql for my application, please

Answer 1

Hello mahesh,
There are two ways.
1. You should add a resource reference to the ds alias in the deployment descriptor of the application component.Once you have defined the reference,use the following snippet to access the data source
DataSource ds = (DataSource) context.lookup("java:comp/env/<res-ref-name>").
2. If you have not defined the reference in your application, use the JNDI reference "jdbc/alias".
Hope this helps,
Prasad