Jetty, JNDI, Postgresql: Class not found

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I'm trying to set up a JNDI DataSource in Jetty. In the start.ini file I have add the jetty-plus.xml file and the Options look like this: ``` OPTIONS=Server,resources,websocket,ext,plus,annotations ``` Then I'm adding the resource in my context file: ``` jdbc/Traildevils recom recom Traildevils localhost 5432 ``` The postgresql-9.1-901.jdbc4.jar file is in the WEB-INF/lib of my war file. When I'm now trying to start the jetty I get the following error: ``` 2012-04-12 12:58:09.723:WARN:oejx.XmlConfiguration:Config error at jdbc/Traildevils |???

Accepted Answer

You need to add postgresql-9.1-901.jdbc4.jar to `$JETTY_HOME/lib/ext`.

This is because jetty initializes the JNDI context before it loads the classes from your WAR.

Jetty, JNDI, Postgresql: Class not found

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