[jboss-as7-dev] can we align the name of the sample datasource?

[Dan Allen]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 17:58, Misty Stanley-Jones <misty at redhat.com> wrote:

>
>
> > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 15:20, Dan Allen < dan.j.allen at gmail.com >
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Can we include a sample datasource named jdbc/sample so that it's
> > possible to deploy the same example application to JBoss AS and
> > GlassFish without any other configuration? This is a constant headache
> > for creating quickstart applications and we have the opportunity to
> > close the gap.
> >
> >
> > Here's the gap we've been juggling:
> >
> >
> > JBoss AS < 7: java:/DefaultDS
> > GlassFish 3: jdbc/__default and jdbc/sample
> >
> >
>
> In addition to the testing / migration points Dan makes, this actually has
> a docs/QE impact. It often comes up that customers think the name DefaultDS
> means something specific, and that they shouldn't change it. Since we
> absolutely don't want them using the sample datasource for production, I
> think calling it "sample" is a win all around. I think customers would be
> much less comfortable using the "sample" datasource in production than
> trying to use the "default" datasource in production.
>

You know you've got my +1. Thanks for finding a much clearer way to explain
this point :)

-Dan

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