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Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:25:11 +0200
From: "Derek Hohls" <DHohls@csir.co.za>
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Subject: Re: Database connection by cocoon 2.2
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Johannes

Just curious - is there a pressing reason to  use 2.2?  Why not
download and work with 2.1 (which ships with the sample code
you requested).  Again, IMO, 2.2 still needs more work - esp.
docs and simple examples - in making it accessible to the=20
"average" user.=20=20=20=20

Cheers
Derek

>>> On 2008/06/06 at 01:37, in message <48492181.2080406@memocomp.de>, Joha=
nnes Hoechstaedter <j.hoechstaedter@memocomp.de> wrote:
The linked sample is nice, and basically exactly what I am looking for.

I have already searched on http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/ on how I can=20
etablish a database connection. You need an entry int your web.xml and=20
in your cocoon.xconf for example. Where is the cocoon.xconf in 2.2?=20
Where can I define my datasources? Where can I get the code of the sample?

Johannes

Derek Hohls schrieb:
> Johannes
>=20=20
> Good question!  The "official and best" way is to use Hibernate and=20
> Spring;
> this will, IMO, mean writing *lots* of code. You can use flowscript=20
> instead,
> for simple cases, but be warned that many here will point out the=20
> potential
> flaws in this approach.=20
>=20=20
> In the 2.1.x series of Cocoon, there was a sample that showed this=20
> approach:
> eg. see
> http://cocoon.jsp ( http://cocoon.jsp/ )-servlet.net/samples/blocks/forms/
> and look for "Database access".
>=20=20
> I am not sure if you will be able to replicate this in 2.2?
>=20=20
> Derek
>=20=20
> >>> On 2008/06/06 at 10:05, in message <4848EFB2.4090109@memocomp.de=20
> <mailto:4848EFB2.4090109@memocomp.de>>, Johannes Hoechstaedter=20
> <j.hoechstaedter@memocomp.de <mailto:j.hoechstaedter@memocomp.de>> wrote:
> Good morning Bng,
>=20=20
> I know, cocoon is based on spring. But isn't there another possibility
> with cocoon blocks only? There is this database-block. What it is good
> for, when I have to write my own spring application? I want to write as
> less code as possible.
>=20=20
> Johannes
>=20=20
> > Johannes -- you may want to search for tutorials on using databases with
> > Spring.  My understanding is that with Cocoon 2.2 it is best to have
> > Spring configure and manage any database connections.  Then you can add
> > Cocoon features (eg, the SQL transformer or whatever) once that is set
> > up.
> >
> > Bng
> >=20=20
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