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title: "How to resolve an Invalid syntax server.xml error"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/SUPPORT/89138346/How%20to%20resolve%20an%20Invalid%20syntax%20server.xml%20error"
format: markdown
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# <span style="color: #000000">Symptoms</span>

<span style="color: #000000">One or more SQL Macro returns the following error:</span>

```
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.SQLNestedException: 
Cannot create JDBC driver of class
```

## <span style="color: #000000">Cause</span>

<span style="color: #000000">The resource configuration is </span>*<span style="color: #000000">outside </span>*<span style="color: #000000">of the Confluence context. </span>

## <span style="color: #000000">Resolution</span>

<span style="color: #000000">Change your application server configuration (</span>*<span style="color: #000000">server.xml</span>*<span style="color: #000000">) to ensure the resource is within the Confluence context. </span>