ERROR: HHH000299: Could not complete schema update java.lang.NullPointerException

Question

I have a web application in the following environment.

• JPA 2.0
• Spring 3.2.2
• MySQL 5.6.11
• Hibernate 4.2.0 CR1
• Apache Tomca

Answer 1

The problem in question vanished, when I insisted upon using a JNDI lookup. Accordingly, in the context.xml file, I have defined a resource like,

The resource reference needs to be defined in the web.xml file like,

    jdbc/social_networking
    javax.sql.DataSource
    Container

This datasource is referenced in the the persistence.xml file as follows.

  
  
    org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence
    java:comp/env/jdbc/social_networking
    model.Test
    false

    
      
            
      
      
      
    
  

And finally the application-context.xml file has been modified as follows.

    
        
          
    
    
    

                
    
        
            
                false