Upgrading the Pet Store Application From WebLogic 6.1 Service Pack 3 to WebLogic

Set Up the WebLogic Server 7.0 Environment with Your 6.1 Service Pack 3 Domain Configuration

To upgrade the Pet Store application from WebLogic Server 6.1 Service Pack 3 to WebLogic Server 7.0:

1.Repair tag library errors in Pet Store that were accepted under WebLogic Server 6.x but are rejected by the parser in WebLogic Server 7.0.

2.Copy the WL_HOME/config/petstore directory from WebLogic Server 6.1 to a location in your WebLogic Server 7.0 installation. BEA recommends not copying the directory to WL_HOME in order to avoid having to move the domain the next time you upgrade.

Note: If the directory in WebLogic Server 7.0 to which you copy Pet Store is the same as Pet Store’s directory location in WebLogic Server 6.1, you will not need to edit the config.xml file to reflect a new directory location. If you copy Pet Store to a different directory location, you will need to find all of the fully qualified file and directory paths in your config.xml file and change them to relative paths.

3.Edit the startPetstore.cmd script to reflect the new WebLogic Server 7.0 installation as well as the new directory location (if you have one).

4.Edit the config.xml file to reflect the new WebLogic Server 7.0 installation as well as the new directory location (if you have one).

This section contains:

„Instructions for fixing the Pet Store errors: “Fix JSP Parsing Errors” on page 4.

„An example of the “startPetstore.cmd script used to boot WebLogic Server 6.1 Service Pack 3” on page 7.

„An example of the “above-listed startPetstore.cmd script modified to boot WebLogic Server 7.0” on page 9.

„An example of the “config.xml file used for WebLogic Server 6.1 Service Pack 3” on page 12.

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