How to define a data source that connects to an Oracle RAC (Real Application Cluster) database?
MapViewer can obtain connections from its J2EE Container’s data source, in this case OC4J’s container datasources, which can support connection to RAC. So this is a two-step process, where you first define a container datasource in oc4j/j2ee/home/config/data-sources.xml file that connects to a RAC, and then define a MapViewer datasource that uses the container datasource. Here is how to add a RAC datasource in OC4J’s j2ee/home/config/data-sources.