org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create JDBC driver of class '' for connect URL 'null'

Question

I am working on a web based project using spring ,hybernate +jpa .I am trying to configure JTA Transactions with Atomkios my backend is mySql. I am not able to setup the application to work with mySql. my web server is tomcat 5.5.I am trying to cal jndi configured datasource .. here my code is

persistence.xml:

  <persistence-unit name="exhub" transaction-type="JTA">
    <provider>org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence</provider>
      <jta-data-source>java:comp/env/jdbc/exampleWeb</jta-data-source>
        <mapping-file>META-INF/orm.xml</mapping-file>
   <class>com.evolvus.common.model.Talogin</class>
   <class>com.evolvus.common.model.TaUser</class>  
            ----------------- 
            -----------------  
           <properties>
            <property name="hibernate.transaction.manager_lookup_class" 
            value="com.atomikos.icatch.jta.hibernate3.TransactionManagerLookup"/>
            </ properties>     
 </persistence-unit>
</persistence>

orm.xml:

<description>Evolvus Solutions</description> 
<package>com.evolvus.common.model</package>


 <entity class="com.evolvus.common.model.TaUser" name="TaUser">
  <table name="ta_user" />
  <attributes>
   <id name="userId">
   <column name="USER_ID"/>
    <generated-value strategy="TABLE" />
   </id>
   <basic name="userName">
    <column name="USER_NAME" length="50" />
   </basic>

  </attributes>
 </entity>
  ---------------
  --------------
  ---------------

</entity-mappings>

config.xml:

 <beans: bean id="sessionFactory"   
class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
  <beans: property name="useTransactionAwareDataSource"
   value="true" /> 
  <beans: property name="hibernateProperties">
   <beans: props>
    <beans: prop key="hibernate.dialect">${database.target}</beans:prop>
    <beans: prop key="hibernate.connection.isolation">3</beans:prop>
    <beans: prop key="hibernate.current_session_context_class">jta</beans:prop>
    <beans: prop key="hibernate.transaction.factory_class">com.atomikos.icatch.jta.hibernate3.AtomikosJTATransactionFactory
    </beans: prop>
    <beans: prop key="hibernate.transaction.manager_lookup_class">com.atomikos.icatch.jta.hibernate3.TransactionManagerLookup
    </beans: prop>
    <beans: prop key="hibernate.connection.release_mode">on_close</beans: prop>
    <beans: prop key="hibernate.show_sql">false</beans: prop>
   </beans: props>
  </beans: property>
 </beans: bean>

 <beans: bean id="jpaTemplate" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTemplate">
  <beans: property name="entityManagerFactory">
   <beans: ref bean="entityManagerFactory" />
  </beans: property>
 </beans: bean>
 <beans: bean id="entityManagerFactory"
  class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
  <beans: property name="persistenceUnitName" value="payhub" />
  <beans: property name="jpaVendorAdapter">
   <beans:bean
    class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter">
    <beans: property name="generateDdl" value="false" />
    <beans: property name="showSql" value="true" />
    <beans: property name="databasePlatform" value="${database.target}" />
   </beans: bean>
  </beans: property>
  <beans: property name="persistenceXmlLocation">
   <beans: value>classpath:META-INF/persistence.xml</beans:value>
  </beans: property>
 </beans: bean>
</beans: beans>

and i configured jndi in tomcat 5.5

Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\conf.xml:

 <Resource
      name="jdbc/exampleWeb"
      type="javax.sql.DataSource"
      maxActive="4"
      maxIdle="2"
      username="root"
      maxWait="5000"
      validationQuery="SELECT=1"
      driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
      password="roopt"  
      url="jdbc\:mysql\://localhost\:3306/welcomeHub"/> 

 and my application\web.xml 

 <resource-ref>
   <description>PaymentsDatabase</description>
   <res-ref-name>jdbc/exampleWeb</res-ref-name>
   <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
   <res-auth>Container</res-auth>
   <res-sharing-scope>Shareable</res-sharing-scope>
</resource-ref>

My server is staring fine but when i trying to access db data i am getting the following error in my web browser

org.springframework.jdbc.CannotGetJdbcConnectionException: Could not get JDBC Connection; nested exception is org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create JDBC driver of class '' for connect URL 'null' org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceUtils.getConnection(DataSourceUtils.java:82)

Help me

In one place you have java:comp/env/jdbc/exampleWeb and in another name="jdbc/paymentsWeb" - could that be an issue? — Raghuram
no rehghuram .thats my written mistake .. in my application everything is same name only .. — unknown

Milind V. Acharya Milind V. Acharya · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-02T22:18:19

I think your application is not finding the mysql connector jar file or your url is misconfigured.

Try the following

Put your mysql connector jar file under tomcat/common/lib so that it gets picked up before the webapp classes.

Change your context.xml to have Resource as below.



<Resource  name="jdbc/exampleWeb"
    auth="Container"
    type="javax.sql.DataSource"
    maxActive="100"
    maxIdle="30"
    username="root"
    maxWait="10000"
    driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
    password="roopt"  
    url="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/welcomeHub"/>

org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create JDBC driver of class '' for connect URL 'null'

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