bill williams

try to find out what is the current directory for the class loader

I just had the same problem yesterday, and found the solution after 4 hour debugging.
do you know the real ip address of the machine hosting the "main.exe"? if so, try to use ip address instead of domain name. I believe it is bug. let me know if this works

I am sorry if it is out of topic. I posted it on JDBC board, but that board does not have much traffic.

http://www.javaranch.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=002529

I was wondering what is the best strategy, if available, to put couple of database updates into one transaction. These update sqls involve several databases, so usual connection.setAutoCommit(false) does not work here. One basic and maybe stupid way is to establish all connections first, and setAutoCommit(false) to all these connections, and after everything is done and successful, setAutoCommit(true)to all these connections. This approach does not apply to my situation, since I need to use some existing java classes, which establish connect5ion and do insertion themself. thanks
[ April 04, 2002: Message edited by: bill williams ]
[ April 04, 2002: Message edited by: bill williams ]

In a jsp file, how to get the directory where it is located?

any possibilty of IBM 488/489 voucher giveaway from javaranch/IBM in the near future?

i know that 488 is more on developer side and 489 is more on admin side. i am more like a programmer, and will still be one in the near future. I am wondering what certificate i shd go. my job does not need any ejb technology, though i know quite a bit about it. I use JSP/JDBC extensively. We use Websphere AS as jsp server.
is 489 easier than 488?
thanks
[ March 21, 2002: Message edited by: bill williams ]

is AE available for free download and for 6 months' evaluation?

I think weblogic is easier for beginers. websphere AS needs quite a steep learning curve, and it lacks good document too.
Good thing about JBoss is that, if you want to know something inside of container model, you can look into the source code. it is a good tool to play with for developers too.

where is the compiled jsp code in websphere? or how to set it to save the compiled source code? thanks

how to review generated source code in websphere? all are binary files. i have been wondering why ibm gives error meg like "... exception at RTY^%$$#ERFT^_jsp.java" but does not save the generated source code.

If you want to pass the control from one page to another, you can either forward to the other page, as described above, or redirect to the new page (using the sendRedirect() method of the implicit response object).

http://www-1.ibm.com/certify/tests/info.shtml

myid, read this paper and the word file in the downloaded zip file.
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/ibm/library/i-ejbpaper/?n-dd-12201

is there any workaround to remotely administer (eg, restart a server instance) a websphere 3.5.x server on w2k machine behind a firewall(DMZ). i tried adminclient, but it did not work if the server is behind firewall. Web-based console did not work either. Either commandline or gui interface are fine. thanks