package com.grundfos.gmatou.dataupload; import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.SQLException; import javax.naming.InitialContext; import javax.naming.NamingException; import javax.sql.DataSource; public class DBConnection { public static Connection getDbConnection() throws NamingException,SQLException { //when using tomcat we need to prefix with java:comp/env/ DataSource source = (DataSource) new InitialContext().lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/dataupload"); Connection conn = source.getConnection(); return conn; } }