java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.tomcat.jdbc.pool DataSourceFactory

Question

I\'m investigating moving away from an Oracle connection pool and using the Tomcat connection pool. I followed the myriad of example for configuring the

Answer 1

The Tomcat JDBC pool was introduced in Tomcat 7.0.19, yet you're attempting to use it in Tomcat 6.0 without any further configuration.

For Tomcat 6.0 you need to manually download and drop the latest release of the tomcat-jdbc.jar file in /lib folder of the Tomcat installation.