Testing data source connections using scripting

You can test connections for data sources with the wsadmin tool and scripting. Before starting this task, the wsadmin tool must be running. See the Starting the wsadmin scripting client article for more information.

Overview

Perform the following steps to test a data source to ensure a connection to the database.

Procedure

1. Identify the DataSourceCfgHelper MBean and assign it to the dshelper variable.

   • Using Jacl:

     set ds [$AdminConfig getid /DataSource:DS1/]
     $AdminControl testConnection $ds

   • Using Jython:

     ds = AdminConfig.getid('/DataSource:DS1/')
     AdminControl.testConnection(ds)

   Example output:

   WASX7217I: Connection to provided datasource was successful.

2. Test the connection. The following example invokes the testConnectionToDataSource operation on the MBean, passing in the classname, userid, password, database name, JDBC driver class path, language, and country.

   Using Jacl:

   Using Jython:

   Example output:

   WASX7217I: Connection to provided data source was successful.

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