Hi, I'm trying to lookup a datasource and obtain a connection to it. 1. A database SAMPLE is created in DB2 2. In WSAD Server Configuration, a datasource (jndi-name='jdbc/sample') has be created for the SAMPLE database. 3. In the Web Project deployment descriptor, I added a reference 'jdbc/DS' that corresponds to 'jdbc/sample' 4. The servlet code in web project is: i. DataSource myDS =(DataSource)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/DS"); System.out.println("got datasource"); ii. // create a connection from the DataSource connection = myDS.getConnection(); iii. // create a query from the connection java.sql.Statement query = connection.createStatement(); When i run this servlet on the test server, I'm able to get the datasource (i) but when I try getting a connection (ii), it gives the following error. [8/12/03 16:20:04:781 PDT] 35cc204a PrivExAction W J2CA0114W: No container-managed authentication alias found. [8/12/03 16:20:04:951 PDT] 35cc204a TraceNLS u No message text associated with key CREDENTIALS_NOT_FOUND in bundle IBMDataStoreAdapterNLS [8/12/03 16:20:05:432 PDT] 35cc204a FreePool E J2CA0046E: Method createManagedConnctionWithMCWrapper caught an exception during creation of the ManagedConnection for resource jdbc/sampledb, throwing ResourceAllocationException. Original exception: com.ibm.ws.exception.WsException: Subject was not null but no valid credentials were found at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.exceptions.DataStoreAdapterException.<init>(DataStoreAdapterException.java:222) at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.exceptions.DataStoreAdapterException.<init>(DataStoreAdapterException.java:172) at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.exceptions.DataStoreAdapterException.<init>(DataStoreAdapterException.java:90) at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.spi.WSManagedConnectionFactoryImpl.createManagedConnection(WSManagedConnectionFactoryImpl.java:471) at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.poolmanager.FreePool.createManagedConnectionWithMCWrapper(FreePool.java:1106) at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.poolmanager.FreePool.createOrWaitForConnection(FreePool.java:897) at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.poolmanager.PoolManager.reserve(PoolManager.java:1065) at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.ConnectionManager.allocateMCWrapper(ConnectionManager.java:560) at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.ConnectionManager.allocateConnection(ConnectionManager.java:374) at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.jdbc.WSJdbcDataSource.getConnection(WSJdbcDataSource.java:205) at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.jdbc.WSJdbcDataSource.getConnection(WSJdbcDataSource.java:180) at test.servlet.DepartmentListServlet.doGet(DepartmentListServlet.java:36) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictServletInstance.doService(StrictServletInstance.java:110) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet._service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:174) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.IdleServletState.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:313) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:116) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstance.service(ServletInstance.java:258) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ValidServletReferenceState.dispatch(ValidServletReferenceState.java:42) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstanceReference.dispatch(ServletInstanceReference.java:40) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:872) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:491) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.forward(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:173) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.WebAppInvoker.doForward(WebAppInvoker.java:79) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.WebAppInvoker.handleInvocationHook(WebAppInvoker.java:199) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.cache.invocation.CachedInvocation.handleInvocation(CachedInvocation.java:71) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srp.ServletRequestProcessor.dispatchByURI(ServletRequestProcessor.java:182) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.oselistener.OSEListenerDispatcher.service(OSEListener.java:331) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.http.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:56) at com.ibm.ws.http.HttpConnection.readAndHandleRequest(HttpConnection.java:432) at com.ibm.ws.http.HttpConnection.run(HttpConnection.java:343) at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:592) [8/12/03 16:20:05:502 PDT] 35cc204a ConnectionMan E J2CA0020E: The Connection Pool Manager could not allocate a Managed Connection: javax.resource.spi.ResourceAllocationException: Caught ResourceException thrown during creation of the ManagedConnection. at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.poolmanager.FreePool.createManagedConnectionWithMCWrapper(FreePool.java:1138) at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.poolmanager.FreePool.createOrWaitForConnection(FreePool.java:897) at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.poolmanager.PoolManager.reserve(PoolManager.java:1065) at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.ConnectionManager.allocateMCWrapper(ConnectionManager.java:560) at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.ConnectionManager.allocateConnection(ConnectionManager.java:374) at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.jdbc.WSJdbcDataSource.getConnection(WSJdbcDataSource.java:205) at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.jdbc.WSJdbcDataSource.getConnection(WSJdbcDataSource.java:180) at test.servlet.DepartmentListServlet.doGet(DepartmentListServlet.java:36) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictServletInstance.doService(StrictServletInstance.java:110) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet._service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:174) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.IdleServletState.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:313) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:116) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstance.service(ServletInstance.java:258) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ValidServletReferenceState.dispatch(ValidServletReferenceState.java:42) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstanceReference.dispatch(ServletInstanceReference.java:40) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:872) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:491) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.forward(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:173) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.WebAppInvoker.doForward(WebAppInvoker.java:79) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.WebAppInvoker.handleInvocationHook(WebAppInvoker.java:199) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.cache.invocation.CachedInvocation.handleInvocation(CachedInvocation.java:71) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srp.ServletRequestProcessor.dispatchByURI(ServletRequestProcessor.java:182) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.oselistener.OSEListenerDispatcher.service(OSEListener.java:331) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.http.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:56) at com.ibm.ws.http.HttpConnection.readAndHandleRequest(HttpConnection.java:432) at com.ibm.ws.http.HttpConnection.run(HttpConnection.java:343) at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:592) . [8/12/03 16:20:05:552 PDT] 35cc204a SystemOut O SQLException! [8/12/03 16:20:05:562 PDT] 35cc204a SystemOut O java.sql.SQLException: DSRA9002E: ResourceException with error code null: javax.resource.spi.ResourceAllocationException: Caught ResourceException thrown during creation of the ManagedConnection. at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.poolmanager.FreePool.createManagedConnectionWithMCWrapper(FreePool.java:1138) at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.poolmanager.FreePool.createOrWaitForConnection(FreePool.java:897) at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.poolmanager.PoolManager.reserve(PoolManager.java:1065) at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.ConnectionManager.allocateMCWrapper(ConnectionManager.java:560) at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.ConnectionManager.allocateConnection(ConnectionManager.java:374) at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.jdbc.WSJdbcDataSource.getConnection(WSJdbcDataSource.java:205) at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.jdbc.WSJdbcDataSource.getConnection(WSJdbcDataSource.java:180) at test.servlet.DepartmentListServlet.doGet(DepartmentListServlet.java:36) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictServletInstance.doService(StrictServletInstance.java:110) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet._service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:174) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.IdleServletState.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:313) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:116) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstance.service(ServletInstance.java:258) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ValidServletReferenceState.dispatch(ValidServletReferenceState.java:42) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstanceReference.dispatch(ServletInstanceReference.java:40) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:872) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:491) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.forward(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:173) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.WebAppInvoker.doForward(WebAppInvoker.java:79) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.WebAppInvoker.handleInvocationHook(WebAppInvoker.java:199) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.cache.invocation.CachedInvocation.handleInvocation(CachedInvocation.java:71) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srp.ServletRequestProcessor.dispatchByURI(ServletRequestProcessor.java:182) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.oselistener.OSEListenerDispatcher.service(OSEListener.java:331) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.http.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:56) at com.ibm.ws.http.HttpConnection.readAndHandleRequest(HttpConnection.java:432) at com.ibm.ws.http.HttpConnection.run(HttpConnection.java:343) at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:592) I even tried providing username/password (credentials). But it didn't help. Thanks kalicut