Although our Java-based portal-server application has been developed with 
Allaire JRun in mind, we are currently investigating the use of Oracle 
8.1.7 as a host for the Java server application.  Oracle 8.1.7 seems to 
include a webserver and the necessary components (JSP 1.1, Servlets 2.2) 
in order to make our application work, but our tests so far have been 
unsuccessful.  We don't want to go to the Oracle iAS yet (maybe later), 
but want to give our customers an easy way to use the Java server 
application, because Oracle is already installed on our customers' 
computers (is required for our other applications).
The Oracle help desk is currently working on our problem, but I would like 
to have some user-related information, experience and/or tips.
Does anyone have tips or experience with the Oracle webserver/jsp/servlet 
components ?  Did you succeed in making this work with Oracle 8.1.7 ?  Or 
is Oracle 9i really required ?
Does the deployment of the WAR file in Oracle 8.1.7 work with anyone of 
you ?
What about performance (it seems the Java beans are stored in the database 
and a database connection is required for every method call) ?
What about Oracle support on the Apache component that's delivered with 
Oracle ?  What about Oracle support for Tomcat ?

Thanks in advance,
Patrick