Java, JPA, Glassfish, Invalid resource : jdbc/__default__pm

the __nontx and __pm are extensions to the pool. documentation: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19798-01/821-1752/beamr/index.html (somewhere else http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26576_01/doc.312/e24930/jdbc.htm#GSDVG00185 and http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26576_01/doc.312/e24930/transaction-service.htm#GSDVG00512)

first __pm

from https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19798-01/821-1752/gavro/index.html

Allowing Non-Component Callers

You can allow non-Java-EE components, such as servlet filters, lifecycle modules, and third party persistence managers, to use this JDBC connection pool. The returned connection is automatically enlisted with the transaction context obtained from the transaction manager. Standard Java EE components can also use such pools. Connections obtained by non-component callers are not automatically closed at the end of a transaction by the container. They must be explicitly closed by the caller.

You can enable non-component callers in the following ways:

Check the Allow Non Component Callers box on the Edit Connection Pool Advanced Attributes page in the Administration Console. The default is false. For more information, click the Help button in the Administration Console.

Specify the ----allownoncomponentcallers option in the asadmin create-jdbc-connection-pool command. For more information, see the Oracle GlassFish Server 3.0.1 Reference Manual.

Specify the allow-non-component-callers option in the asadmin set command. For example:

asadmin set domain1.resources.jdbc-connection-pool.DerbyPool.allow-non-component-callers=true

For more information, see the Oracle GlassFish Server 3.0.1 Reference Manual.

Create a JDBC resource with a __pm suffix.

and __nontx

from https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19798-01/821-1752/beamu/index.html

Using Non-Transactional Connections

You can specify a non-transactional database connection in any of these ways:

Check the Non-Transactional Connections box on the New JDBC Connection Pool or Edit Connection Pool page in the Administration Console. The default is unchecked. For more information, click the Help button in the Administration Console.

Specify the ----nontransactionalconnections option in the asadmin create-jdbc-connection-pool command. For more information, see the Oracle GlassFish Server 3.0.1 Reference Manual.

Specify the non-transactional-connections option in the asadmin set command. For example:

asadmin set domain1.resources.jdbc-connection-pool.DerbyPool.non-transactional-connections=true

For more information, see the Oracle GlassFish Server 3.0.1 Reference Manual.

Use the DataSource implementation in the GlassFish Server, which provides a getNonTxConnection method. This method retrieves a JDBC connection that is not in the scope of any transaction. There are two variants.

public java.sql.Connection getNonTxConnection() throws java.sql.SQLException

public java.sql.Connection getNonTxConnection(String user, String password) throws java.sql.SQLException

Create a resource with the JNDI name ending in __nontx. This forces all connections looked up using this resource to be non transactional.


If you have only created a MySQL connection pool, you must also create a JDBC resource. This can be created from the context menu above the one you used to create the connection pool.

Example Glassfish jdbc resource setup

In my Glassfish, my JDBC resource, jdbc/__default is using the connection pool mysql_lemon.