Testing data sources in oc4j-ra.xml

Question

Is there a way to test the data sources in oc4j-ra.xml from the server? I have a server sitting inside a DMZ that has access back to internal databases. The DMZ has its own set of IP addresses and it has specific openings to the internal resources it needs. that is why i would like to test the connections from the server.

Answer 1

Hi,
You're right. I've downloaded JDev 10.1.2.
The working version:
  <data-source name="jdev-connection-myconn"
               class="com.evermind.sql.DriverManagerDataSource"
               location="jdbc/myconnCoreDS" xa-location="jdbc/xa/myconnXADS"
               ejb-location="jdbc/myconnDS"
               pooled-location="jdbc/myconnPooledDS"
               connection-driver="oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver"
               username="xxx" password="yyy"
               url="jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:mysid"
               inactivity-timeout="30"/>and:
DataSource ds = (DataSource) getInitialContext().lookup("jdbc/myconnDS");JDev generates the correct data-sources.xml, if you create the data-sources.xml with its wizard (New Galery/General/DeploymentDescriptors/data-sources.xml). Then you can see in the properties dialog, the default setting is: Auto update data-sources.xml when running or deploying to OC4J.
So when you first run the embedded OC4J, your data-sources.xml file will be updated with your connections.
I read these useful things in Olaf Heimburger's blog :) (OC4J: Configuring DataSources, 2007-05-03)
Regards,
Kati