[opencms-dev] Install version - Tomcat 5.0.19 & JDK 1.4.2

[Claus Priisholm]

Just clarify my experience with Tomcat 5.0.19:

My problem was that < and > got escaped when editing the pages 
subsequently turning the contents into escaped HTML so the user would 
see what seemed to be the raw HTML codes in the WYSIWYG-editor. There 
were no problems during the installation or the like, just during 
editing.
This happened with OpenCms 5.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.3.6, using Sun JDK 
1.4.2, Tomcat 5.0.19 and MySQL 4.0.18. Upgrading the Tomcat to 5.0.25 
solved the problem.

Tomcat 5.0.19 and JDK 1.4.2_06_b03 is not a problem per say - I'm using 
that combo on SuSE 9.1, and with MySQL 4.0.18 (JDBC connector 3.0.15). 
Apart from a particular problem connecting to the database (for some 
reason you have to state 127.0.0.1 rather than localhost in the 
connection string) installation worked fine. Generally I'm using MySQL 
4.0.x so that is certainly a valid choice.
I think the problem when it comes to MySQL is with 4.1.x which may 
actually be related to the Connector/J version, i.e. 3.0.x vs 3.1.x but 
I'm not using MySQL 4.1 so this is just hearsay).

Claus

On 16/2-2005, at 4.07, Paul D. Bain wrote:

> At 07:58 PM 2/15/2005, P.Hill & E.Goodall wrote:
>
>> I guess I'm at a loss to understand which way to go.
>> What combination has this release been tested on?
>
> Paul,
>
>         I have installed OC several times on Tomcat (TC) 4.x, MySQL 
> ver. 3.23, and Sun's JDK 1.4.1, usually on Debian Linux ("Woody") but 
> also on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Many users report success with a 
> similar environment.
>
>> I thought I'd try Tomcat 5.0.30 the latest (non-beta)
>> release.
>
>         You might also try TC ver. 4.x -- it works for me and others, 
> too.
>
>>   Only because, it is the furthest from being
>> fully current.
>>
>> By the way, should there be NOTHING in the datatables
>> once I have run the installation wizard?
>>
>> If I knew what to look for I could check around to
>> see how the install did.
>>
>> FYI, plenty of restarts tomcat involved, so it's not that.
>>
>> -Paul
>>
>>
>> JDK version:       JDK 1.4.2_05
>> Servlet engine:    Apache Tomcat/5.0.19
>> Database           MySQL 4.0.18
>
>         OK, _that_ could be the problem -- your version of MySQL. I 
> suggest that you try version 3.23. Why? See this email:
>
> 1.  From Lynn Guy, 9 Feb. 2005, "Error during installation."
>
>         In that email, Lynn Guy suggests that she was not able to 
> install OC ver. 5.0.1 using MySQL 4.x and had to revert to version 
> 3.23. At any rate, that is how I interpreted her email, which was not 
> entirely clear.
>
>         If that does not work, then try reverting to TC ver. 4.x or 
> JDK ver. 1.4.1. FWIW, Olli Aro reports that OC ver. 5.x does not work 
> with Java 5, or JDK 1.5. See his email from 19 Jan. 2005.
>
> Sincerely,
> Paul Bain
>
>
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