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To set JVM memory size for a web application

Hi,
I have a problem pertaining to the memory size of JVM for my web application which is on Netscape Enterprise Server 3.5. When I try to retrieve a veruy large amount of data across all my tables, I am receiving "java.lang.OutOfMemoryError". In some some site I read that for stand alone applications we can set the maximum value to a higher value by the command :
java -mx128m MyApp

Can anybody have any solution for my problem as my web application is not working now.

conick

A web application will work similarly to a standalone in that you can specify the memory usage. The difference is where you specify it. In a web app you generally specify it in a config file. Im not familar with the Netscape product so check your documentation or maybe someone else is familar with it.

So may also want to specify fetch size for the ResultSet if your DB driver supports it. This will limit the amount of memory the driver uses in queries by only grabbing x records at a time.

vemul

how are you starting your web application, through some script where it must say

java ....

just put the above jvm options after the java command.

We need to know how you start your web application in order to better assist you

vemul

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Its a servlet based application. When we are trying to get a report across organization, it returns a huge amount of data. At that time the error occurs. I am using Oracle 8i database.

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