13 messages in com.mysql.lists.javaRe: MySQL Connector/J 5.0.0 Beta Has ...
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Mark Matthews03 Jan 2006 12:55 
Mark Kirkwood09 Feb 2006 17:24 
Jack Wang09 Feb 2006 18:28 
Mark Kirkwood09 Feb 2006 20:15 
Jack Wang09 Feb 2006 20:52 
Mark Kirkwood09 Feb 2006 22:08 
Jack Wang09 Feb 2006 23:22 
Mark Kirkwood10 Feb 2006 00:54 
Jack Wang10 Feb 2006 05:30 
Mark Matthews10 Feb 2006 06:32 
Mark Kirkwood10 Feb 2006 13:47 
Mark Kirkwood10 Feb 2006 14:27 
Mark Kirkwood06 Mar 2006 16:34 
Subject:Re: MySQL Connector/J 5.0.0 Beta Has Been Released
From:Mark Kirkwood (mar@paradise.net.nz)
Date:02/09/2006 08:15:03 PM
List:com.mysql.lists.java

Jack Wang wrote:

I try to do a test to configure a MySQL XADataSource in tomcat 5.5 , but I
only get a null XADataSource. According to MySQL reference menual, current MySQL 5.0 suport XA.
Does MySQL Connector/J need MysqlXADataSourceFactory not MysqlDataSourceFactory to
configure the XADatasource in tomcat ? Currently, there is only MysqlDataSourceFactory in the jdbc driver.

This is the Resource configuration in Tomcat server.xml:

----------------------------------- <Resource name="jdbc/myXADB" auth="Container" type="com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlXADataSource" factory="com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSourceFactory" driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" user="root" password="password" url="jdbc:mysql://localhost/test" />

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Thanks.

I think you are running into this bug:

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=16791

I get a null pointer exception even using:

type="com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource" factory="com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSourceFactory"

whereas

type="javax.sql.DataSource" factory"=org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory"

work fine.

cheers

Mark