Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-tomcat-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 86838 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2004 21:05:06 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 15 Jul 2004 21:05:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 44581 invoked by uid 500); 15 Jul 2004 21:04:11 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-tomcat-user-archive@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 44461 invoked by uid 500); 15 Jul 2004 21:04:10 -0000 Mailing-List: contact tomcat-user-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Tomcat Users List" Reply-To: "Tomcat Users List" Delivered-To: mailing list tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 44323 invoked by uid 99); 15 Jul 2004 21:04:08 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=10.0 tests=FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [66.33.216.24] (HELO smarty.dreamhost.com) (66.33.216.24) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.27.1) with ESMTP; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:04:03 -0700 Received: from strange.dreamhost.com (strange.dreamhost.com [66.33.193.57]) by smarty.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E423D13F667 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:03:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by strange.dreamhost.com (Postfix, from userid 7734) id ED2C96A8FF; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:03:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:03:58 -0500 From: QM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: [SPAM] - RE: I need a pointer about persistent info for my servlet, please - Email has different SMTP TO: and MIME TO: fields in the email addresses Message-ID: <20040715210358.GA14663@strange.dreamhost.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 08:29:49AM +1200, Bret Waldow wrote: : I would still : like to hear what the canonical way to persist data for a servlet - : outside of the servlet .WAR file - is. Is there one for Tomcat? I'm : assuming that someone else besides us might have this need, I just can't : find anything definitive in the documentation or Google yet. Does the app otherwise use a database? If so, it'd be nothing to put the info in an extra table somewhere. I don't think there's such a thing as a "canonical"/portable way for this: webapps are supposed to be self-contained, somewhat sealed products (as far as on-disk files). The plus side is, this leaves plenty of room for creative solutions. -or not-so-creative solutions, such as, "put it in a database." ;) -QM -- software -- http://www.brandxdev.net tech news -- http://www.RoarNetworX.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tomcat-user-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: tomcat-user-help@jakarta.apache.org