> I have JRE 1.6.0 and I installed and run Apache TomCat version 6.0.16.
> Jaybird docs say:
>
> "To have universal access to JayBird, put the jars in
> CATALINA_HOME/common/lib."

As you could see, that was related to Tomcat 5.0.x... they have changed
the directory layout in 6.0.x version.

> 1. I don't have 'common' directory in my CATALINA_HOME. Should I
> simply create it?

No, simply put the jaybird-2.1.3-full.jar into lib/ directory. That
should be enough.

Roman