Resource reference with name 'jdbc/devl' not found in ibm-web-bnd.xml

Question

RAD 7, WebSphere 7.

ibm-web-bnd.xml:

<resource-ref name="jdbc/devl" binding-name="jdbc/devl" />

web.xml:

<resource-ref>
  <res-ref-name>jdbc/devl</res-ref-name>
  <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
  <res-auth>Application</res-auth>
  <res-sharing-scope>Unshareable</res-sharing-scope>
  <mapped-name>jdbc/devl</mapped-name>
</resource-ref>

This conforms to the examples I see on the internet. This comes up because I am converting this app to servlet 2.5. As I understand it, the res-ref-name in web.xml should match the name attribute in resource-ref. The binding-name then matches the datasource defined in the admin console. To make it simple, I made them all match.

Is there another setting somewhere? Because this produces the error described in the title of the question.

Answer 1

If you are using Eclipse, try to update the web module version in project.facet.core.xml. It should be in synch with the web.xml web-app version.