Admin/Set-up - changes are not saved, cannot configure Jforum!

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Fresh install (setting jdbc stuff DOES work, so does adding categories and 
topics)
2. Go to admin control panel
3. Change any settings, like forum link, meta tags, smtp settings
4. Click update settings to save
5. Refresh page by clicking "configurations" in left nav
6. Changes are gone (and are not reflected in the board title, etc)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expect configuration settings to be saved.  They are not.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
2.3.3, Windows 7, Tomcat 6.0

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by p...@denverboard.com on 10 Jan 2012 at 9:05

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This error can be reproduced if we use SimpleConnection as database connection, 
the error log is as follows:
2012-01-21 23:24:33,349 ERROR [SimpleConnection] - The url cannot be null
java.sql.SQLException: The url cannot be null
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:554)
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:207)
    at net.jforum.SimpleConnection.getConnection(SimpleConnection.java:99)
    at net.jforum.JForumExecutionContext.getConnection(JForumExecutionContext.java:160)
    at net.jforum.JForumExecutionContext.getConnection(JForumExecutionContext.java:151)
    at net.jforum.dao.generic.GenericUserDAO.selectById(GenericUserDAO.java:138)
    at net.jforum.JForum.shouldBan(JForum.java:347)
    at net.jforum.JForum.service(JForum.java:207)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at net.jforum.util.legacy.clickstream.ClickstreamFilter.doFilter(ClickstreamFilter.java:59)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:877)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:594)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1675)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
2012-01-21 23:24:33,371 ERROR [ExceptionWriter] - 
net.jforum.exceptions.DatabaseException: java.sql.SQLException: The url cannot 
be null
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:554)
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:207)
    at net.jforum.SimpleConnection.getConnection(SimpleConnection.java:99)
    at net.jforum.JForumExecutionContext.getConnection(JForumExecutionContext.java:160)
    at net.jforum.JForumExecutionContext.getConnection(JForumExecutionContext.java:151)
    at net.jforum.dao.generic.GenericUserDAO.selectById(GenericUserDAO.java:138)
    at net.jforum.JForum.shouldBan(JForum.java:347)
    at net.jforum.JForum.service(JForum.java:207)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at net.jforum.util.legacy.clickstream.ClickstreamFilter.doFilter(ClickstreamFilter.java:59)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:877)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:594)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1675)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: The url cannot be null
    ... 24 more

URL is: /jforum/adminConfig/list.page

Original comment by andow...@gmail.com on 21 Jan 2012 at 3:48

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Original comment by andow...@gmail.com on 22 Jan 2012 at 9:42

• Changed state: Started

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Original comment by andow...@gmail.com on 22 Jan 2012 at 1:27

• Changed state: Fixed