Yet Another EJB/JBoss/Datasource problem

Question

This is my first try at creating an ejb. I got that working, and now i'm trying to hook the ejb to a database via a datasource. I know I'm just doing something stupid and missing a tag or an xml file of a java: or whatever. If you can find this probem, I'll be completely in your debt forever.
I've googled and searched this form to death.
Here're the relevant parts:
META-INF\ejb-ref.xml
      <session>
         <description><![CDATA[Stuff]]></description>
         <display-name>Stuff</display-name>
         <ejb-name>NrcrCore</ejb-name>
         <home>my.ejb.NrcrCoreHome</home>
         <remote>my.ejb.NrcrCore</remote>
         <ejb-class>my.ejb.NrcrCoreBean</ejb-class>
         <session-type>Stateless</session-type>
         <transaction-type>Container</transaction-type>
     <resource-ref>
          <res-ref-name>nrcrds</res-ref-name>
          <res-type>javax.sql.Datasource</res-type>
          <res-auth>Container</res-auth>
     </resource-ref>
      </session>META-INF\jboss.xml
<jboss>
  <enterprise-beans>
    <session>
      <ejb-name>NrcrCore</ejb-name>
      <jndi-name>nrcr/NrcrCore</jndi-name>
       <resource-ref>
          <res-ref-name>nrcrds</res-ref-name>
          <jndi-name>java:nrcrds</jndi-name>
     </resource-ref>
    </session>
  </enterprise-beans>
</jboss>deploy\nrcr-ds.xml
<datasources>
  <local-tx-datasource>
    <jndi-name>nrcrds</jndi-name>
    <connection-url>jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://myserver/nrcr;domain=isledev</connection-url>
    <driver-class>net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver</driver-class>
    <user-name>nrcr</user-name>
    <password>mypass</password>
  </local-tx-datasource>
</datasources>And the code to connect:
            try{
                 ctx = new InitialContext();
                 if(ctx == null )
                      throw new Exception("No Context Found");
                 ds = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("java:nrcrds");
            catch(Exception e) {
                 System.out.println(e);
            }If you can make this work, I'll be your best friend.

Answer 1

I think it would be better if u develop ejb by using
weblogic Server and X-Doclet tags. Then u don't need
to think about the xml files and their hectic tags.You don't need weblogic server to use x-doclet. It can be done even on jboss. The xml files can be automatically generated with some tool/plugin available with popular IDEs.