No valid JNDI Binding

[joshua vermast]

Hey Fellas, I'm having a common issue starting up my app, I've found many threads on the forums and went through them but can't seem to figure out exactly what is wrong with my configurations:

## jboss-web.xml

<jboss-web>
   <security-domain>java:/jaas/jmx-console</security-domain>

    <resource-ref>
        <res-ref-name>jdbc/expertDB</res-ref-name>
        <jndi-name>java:/jdbc/expertDB</jndi-name>
    </resource-ref>

</jboss-web>

## web.xml

<web-app>
    <!-- JDBC DataSources (java:comp/env/jdbc) -->
    <resource-ref>
        <description>QA9 Datasource</description>
        <res-ref-name>jdbc/expertDB</res-ref-name>
        <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
        <res-auth>Container</res-auth>
    </resource-ref>
</web-app>

## filogix-qa9-ds.xml

<datasources>
  <local-tx-datasource>
    <jndi-name>jdbc/expertDB</jndi-name>
    <connection-url>jdbc:oracle:thin:@z:1521:z</connection-url>
    <driver-class>oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</driver-class>
    <user-name>x</user-name>
    <password>y</password>
    <!-- Checks the Oracle error codes and messages for fatal errors -->
    <exception-sorter-class-name>org.jboss.resource.adapter.jdbc.vendor.OracleExceptionSorter</exception-sorter-class-name>
      <metadata>
         <type-mapping>Oracle9i</type-mapping>
      </metadata>
  </local-tx-datasource>
</datasources>

But when I startup the server, I get:

--- Incompletely deployed packages ---
org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentInfo@425fc4f1 { url=file:/opt/Jboss/server/filogix/deploy/expert-26-Merge-12.war }
deployer: MBeanProxyExt[jboss.web:service=WebServer]
status: Deployment FAILED reason: Error during deploy; - nested throwable: (javax.naming.NamingException: resource-ref: jdbc/expertDB has no valid JNDI binding. Check the jboss-web/resource-ref.)
state: FAILED
watch: file:/opt/Jboss/server/filogix/deploy/expert-26-Merge-12.war
altDD: null
lastDeployed: 1243427943306
lastModified: 1243427943000
mbeans:



--- MBeans waiting for other MBeans ---
ObjectName: jboss.web.deployment:war=expert-26-Merge-12.war,id=1113572593
State: FAILED
Reason: org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: Error during deploy; - nested throwable: (javax.naming.NamingException: resource-ref: jdbc/expertDB has no valid JNDI binding. Check the jboss-web/resource-ref.)


--- MBEANS THAT ARE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM ---
ObjectName: jboss.web.deployment:war=expert-26-Merge-12.war,id=1113572593
State: FAILED
Reason: org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: Error during deploy; - nested throwable: (javax.naming.NamingException: resource-ref: jdbc/expertDB has no valid JNDI binding. Check the jboss-web/resource-ref.)

Any assistance would be fantastic!

[joshua vermast]

I think I may have found the issue further up in my server log:
[WrapperDataSourceService] Bound ConnectionManager 'jboss.jca:service=DataSourceBinding,name=/jdbc/expertDB' to JNDI name 'java:/jdbc/expertDB'


Is there any way to force Jboss to bind jdbc/expertDB to jdbc/expertDB? It seems to be adding the "java:" on it's own because even when I change my jboss-web.xml to:

<jboss-web>  
<security-domain>java:/jaas/jmx-console</security-domain>  
<resource-ref>  
 <res-ref-name>jdbc/expertDB</res-ref-name>  
 <jndi-name>jdbc/expertDB</jndi-name>  
</resource-ref>  
</jboss-web>  

I still get the same binding:
[WrapperDataSourceService] Bound ConnectionManager 'jboss.jca:service=DataSourceBinding,name=/jdbc/expertDB' to JNDI name 'java:jdbc/expertDB'

[Peter Johnson]

To keep the datasource JNDI name from bidning to the java: namespace, add this to your *-ds.xml file:

<use-java-context>false</use-java-context>

However, since you are accessing it from a web app, you should really leave it in the java: namespace. And you should also use the java: namespace during the lookup. Here is a complete example.