Connection Pool with Tomcat6 and Mysql

Inside $tomcat_home/conf/context.xml add this inside <Context>

<Resource name=”jdbc/datasourcename” auth=”Container” type=”javax.sql.DataSource” maxActive=”100″ maxIdle=”30″ maxWait=”1000″ username=”dbuser” password=”dbpwd” driverClassName=”com.mysql.jdbc.Driver” url=”jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/exodus”/>

Now restart tomcat

Inside you web.xml add this before </web-app>

<resource-ref>
<description>My DB Connection</description>
<res-ref-name>jdbc/datasourcename</res-ref-name>
<res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
<res-auth>Container</res-auth>
</resource-ref>

Java code to connect:

Context initCtx = new InitialContext();

DataSource ds = (DataSource) initCtx.lookup(“java:comp/env/jdbc/datasourcename”);

Connection connection = ds.getConnection();

 

Windows 7 – Control Startup Programs

run msconfig and click on startup tab 

Send email using gmail in Perl

Here’s sample code to send email via gmail smtp server, which uses TLS (transport layer security):

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use Net::SMTP::TLS;

my $mailer = new Net::SMTP::TLS(
'smtp.gmail.com',
Hello => 'smtp.gmail.com',
Port => 587,
User => 'gmail userid',
Password=> 'gmail password');
$mailer->mail('from\@domain.com');
$mailer->to('targetuser\@userdomain.com');

$mailer->data;
$mailer->datasend("Subject:Email Subject");
$mailer->datasend("From:From Name<from\@domain.com>\n");
$mailer->datasend("To:targetuser\@userdomain.com");

$mailer->datasend("This is the email body");
$mailer->dataend;
$mailer->quit;
 

Installing Perl Modules – Ubuntu

Execute this command on command line
sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell
It will install CPAN if not already installed. Then it will take you to CPAN prompt.

On CPAN prompt, execute this command to install perl module:
CPAN> install module name
For example:
CPAN> install Net::SMTP::TLS
CPAN is “Comprehensive Perl Archive Network” which is a repository of several useful Perl modules.

Android Jumble Challenge

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Search “Jumble Challenge” on your android device or Download it here!