/**
* Creates a db connecton.
*
* @return true if OK, false if there's a problem
*/
private boolean createDbConnection(
HttpSession session, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) throws Exception {
// At this point a driver and connection may already be set
// up. So here it first tests if a connection can be made.
// If not, set params up, and test the setup.
if (ConnManager.getConn() == null) {
ConnManager.getInstance()
.setLoginParams(
session.getAttribute("dbtDbDriver"),
session.getAttribute("dbtDbUrl"),
session.getAttribute("dbtDbUser"),
session.getAttribute("dbtDbPassword"));
if (ConnManager.getConn() == null) {
Util.putMessagePage(res, "Cannot login to DBT database");
// Invalidates the session in case connection is "stuck" in error
session.invalidate();
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
