Registering a database in an AppServer

Question

I use the Sun Application Server (most updated version I guess) and I was trying to register my database in the Application Server. I understand that to do this I have to create a connection pool by going to the admin console of the AppServer. I have done this and there are fields to be keyed in. I am trying to connect to a Microsoft Access Database and the first field to fill in the AppServer is the DataSource. Basically there are parameters to be field in the AppServer and I have tried and tried but I cant seem to get it right. Can anyone please tell me how I can register my Access Database called "studData.mdb" located in the root directory in the AppServer so I create a DataSource object that I would use in my EJBs.

Answer 1

It depends on the app server, of course.
If you're connecting to M$ Access, you need to create a Resource where you give it the JNDI lookup name, the JDBC-ODBC bridge driver class sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver, and the URL to your Access file.
Check the docs to see how Sun's app server wants you to do it. If Tomcat is involved, they have explicit docs to tell you how on their Tomcat site. Sun app server should be similar. Could give you the start you need.