tomcat Configuring a JNDI datasource
Parameters
| Attribute | Details |
|---|---|
| auth | (String) Specify whether the web Application code signs on to the corresponding resource manager programmatically, or whether the Container will sign on to the resource manager on behalf of the application. The value of this attribute must be Application or Container. This attribute is required if the web application will use a resource-ref element in the web application deployment descriptor, but is optional if the application uses a resource-env-ref instead. |
| driverClassName | (String) The fully qualified Java class name of the JDBC driver to be used. The driver has to be accessible from the same classloader as the database connection pool jar. |
| factory | (String) Full class path to the connection datasource factory. |
| initialSize | (int)The initial number of connections that are created when the pool is started. Default value is 10 |
| maxIdle | (int) The minimum number of established connections that should be kept in the pool at all times. The connection pool can shrink below this number if validation queries fail. Default value is derived from initialSize of 10 |
| maxTotal / maxActive | (int) The maximum number of active connections that can be allocated from this pool at the same time. The default value is 100. Note that this attribute name differs between pool implementations and documentation is often incorrect. |
| maxWaitMillis / maxWait | (int) The maximum number of milliseconds that the pool will wait (when there are no available connections) for a connection to be returned before throwing an exception. Default value is 30000 (30 seconds). Note that this attribute name differs between pool implementations and documentation is often incorrect. |
| name | (String) Name used to bind to JNDI context. |
| password | (String) DB connection password. |
| url | (String) (String) JDBC connection URL. |
| username | (String) DB connection username. |
| testOnBorrow | (boolean) The indication of whether objects will be validated before being borrowed from the pool. If the object fails to validate, it will be dropped from the pool, and we will attempt to borrow another. NOTE - for a true value to have any effect, the validationQuery or validatorClassName parameter must be set to a non-null string. In order to have a more efficient validation, see validationInterval. Default value is false. |
| validationQuery | (String) The SQL query that will be used to validate connections from this pool before returning them to the caller. If specified, this query does not have to return any data, it just can't throw a SQLException. The default value is null. Example values are SELECT 1(mysql), select 1 from dual(oracle), SELECT 1(MS Sql Server) |
Remarks
Attributes
The list of available attributes is extensive and fully covered in Tomcat's JDBC Connection Pool reference documentation. Only the attributes used in the examples above are covered in the parameters section here.
DBCP vs Tomcat JDBC Connection Pool
Many locations in reference documentation refer to use of DBCP connection pools. The history on which connection pool implementation is actually being used in Tomcat, by default, is complex and confusing. It depends on specific version of Tomcat being used. It's best to specify the factory explicitly.
