Java tutorial
/* Java Programming with Oracle JDBC by Donald Bales ISBN: 059600088X Publisher: O'Reilly */ import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.SQLException; import java.sql.Statement; import java.util.Properties; import javax.naming.Context; import javax.naming.InitialContext; import javax.naming.NamingException; import javax.sql.DataSource; public class TestDSLookUp { public static void main(String[] args) throws SQLException, NamingException { Context ctx = null; try { Properties prop = new Properties(); prop.setProperty(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "com.sun.jndi.fscontext.RefFSContextFactory"); prop.setProperty(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "file:/JNDI/JDBC"); ctx = new InitialContext(prop); } catch (NamingException ne) { System.err.println(ne.getMessage()); } DataSource ds = (DataSource) ctx.lookup("joe"); Connection conn = ds.getConnection(); Statement stmt = conn.createStatement(); ResultSet rset = stmt.executeQuery( "select 'Hello Thin driver data source tester '||" + "initcap(USER)||'!' result from dual"); if (rset.next()) System.out.println(rset.getString(1)); rset.close(); stmt.close(); conn.close(); } }