Context initCtx = new InitialContext();
Context envCtx = (Context) initCtx.lookup("java:comp/env");
DataSource ds = (DataSource)
envCtx.lookup("jdbc/EmployeeDB");
Connection conn = ds.getConnection();
... use this connection to access the database ...
conn.close();
config tomcat's resource factory
<Context ...>
...
<Resource name="jdbc/EmployeeDB" auth="Container"
type="javax.sql.DataSource" username="dbusername" password="dbpassword"
driverClassName="org.hsql.jdbcDriver" url="jdbc:HypersonicSQL:database"
maxActive="8" maxIdle="4"/>
...
</Context>