Re: Tomcat, JasperReports, and JAR files

2010-11-18 Thread Thangalin
That is Step 2 in the 3-step process I want to avoid: 1. Upgrade iReport. 2. Upgrade the files in Tomcat's common directory (i.e., copy the JAR files). 3. Restart Tomcat. This is what I would like to do (that I have a working solution for, by the way, but involves setting the CLASSPAT

Re: Tomcat, JasperReports, and JAR files

2010-11-18 Thread Thangalin
Then iReport no longer works. Dave

Tomcat, JasperReports, and JAR files

2010-11-18 Thread Thangalin
Hi, Setting *shared.loader* in catalina.properties is a nearly perfect solution. Thank you. One minor, but significant, technical issue remains: iReports ships with a JAR file (jdt-compiler-3.1.1.jar) that conflicts with a JAR file shipped with Tomcat (ecj-3.6.jar, if memory serves). Can I add t

Re: Tomcat, JasperServer, and JAR files

2010-11-18 Thread Thangalin
Hi, > In the first case, multiple applications using JasperReports > > will result in a gross waste of resources > > I would categorize it as a trivial waste of resources. Have you checked > the price of disk and RAM lately? > Sure. The machine has 8 GB of RAM. 7 GB used by the (100 GB) PostgreS

Tomcat, JasperServer, and JAR files

2010-11-18 Thread Thangalin
Hi, The iReport tool (and hence JasperReports) bundles scores of JAR files across two different directories. (One of these JAR files conflicts with a JAR file deployed by Tomcat.) For development purposes it makes sense to have Tomcat and iReport installed on the same machine. This poses a mainte