This dialog box enables you to create a data source (JDBC resource) which provides applications with a means of connecting to a database. To connect to a database, the JNDI name of the data source is used to locate the associated database. Typically, the administrator creates a data source for each database accessed by the applications deployed in a domain. (However, more than one data source can be created for a database.)
To create a data source to use in your application, you need to supply the following:
When you create a new data source for your application, the data source description is added to sun-resources.xml under the Server Resources node of your project in the Projects window. If you are deploying to the Sun Java System Application Server/GlassFish, the data source is registered with the server upon deployment.