Re: PGConnection (LargeObject) / JNDI Tomcat Issue

Marc,

Check dbcp's documentation, there is a way to get the underlying
connection.

You will have to first cast to some dbcp connection, then get the
connection and cast it.

Dave
On 18-Jan-06, at 11:56 AM, Marc SCHNEIDER wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have trouble to get Tomcat and JDBC work with LargeObject.
>
> I am using JNDI for database access
>
>  <Resource name="jdbc/aguila" auth="Container"
> type="java.sql.DataSource"/>
>     <ResourceParams name="jdbc/aguila">
>         <parameter>
>             <name>factory</name>
>             <value>org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory</
> value>
>         </parameter>
>     <parameter>
>         <name>driverClassName</name>
>         <value>org.postgresql.Driver</value>
>     </parameter>
>     <parameter>
>         <name>url</name>
>         <value>jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/intradev</value>
>     </parameter>
>     <parameter>
>         <name>username</name>
>         <value>myuser</value>
>     </parameter>
>     <parameter>
>         <name>password</name>
>         <value>mypass</value>
>     </parameter>
>     </ResourceParams>
>
> Here is my code :
>
>       LargeObjectManager lom = ((org.postgresql.PGConnection)
> this.connection).getLargeObjectAPI();
>
> I get the following error :
>
> java.lang.ClassCastException
> This is because the connection is an instance of
> org.apache.commons.dbcp.PoolingDataSource$PoolGuardConnectionWrapper
> and I'm trying to get a org.postgresql.PGConnection connection.
>
> I saw on the web that people used
> org.postgresql.jdbc3.Jdbc3ObjectFactory but this class is available
> with jdbc 7.x drivers only.
>
> I tried to use the org.postgresql.ds.common.PGObjectFactory class
> but when I connect to the database I get the following error :
> "no PostgreSQL user name specified in startup packet"
>
> Here is my config :
> DB : PostgreSQL 8.0
> Driver jdbc : postgresql-8.0-312.jdbc3.jar
> Java Server : Tomcat 5.0.28
> Os : Win XP
>
> Any idea ???
>
> Regards,
> Marc SCHNEIDER.
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