hi every body,
i am new to servlets and tomcat.
i did exactly the following steps.
- i downloaded j2sdk1.4.2
- i set the java home to c:\j2sdk1.4.2
- i downloaded tomcat 3.3
- i set the tomcat home to c:\program files\jakarta-tomcat-3.3.2
- I set the classpath to "C:\Program Files\jakarta-tomcat-3.3.2\lib\common\servlet.jar;
C:\Program Files\j2sdk1.4.2-14\bin"

i wrote that small code just to test and i am going to complete it later


package MyFirstUIMIDPPackage;
import java.*;
import javax.*;

public class MyDataBaseServlet
{

    private String jdbcDriver=null;
    private String jdbcUrl=null;
    private String jdbcUsername=null;
    private String jdbcPassword=null;
    private String errorMessage=null;


    public void init()
    {
        jdbcDriver=getInitParameter("jdbc.driver");
    }

}


i placed MyDataBaseServlet.java in c:\j2sk1.4.2-14\bin


and iam trying to compile it

C:\j2sdk1.4.2_14\bin>javac MyDataBaseServlet.java MyDataBaseServlet.java:3: package javax does not exist import javax.*; ^ MyDataBaseServlet.java:17: cannot resolve symbol symbol : method getInitParameter (java.lang.String) location: class MyFirstUIMIDPPackage.MyDataBaseServlet jdbcDriver=getInitParameter("jdbc.driver"); ^ 2 errors


and i got that error

i dont know how to fix it and i dont know if i am doing any thing wrong

plz any body that could help me as soon as possible plz do
i am lost
thanks

raghda

Hi,
This error comes when you dont have servlet/jsp api jar files in class path. Add servlet-api.jar and jsp-api.jar files which are in TOMCAT_HOME/common/lib directory to your class path and then try to compile your code.

Regards,
Rakesh

hi,
i tried that and it works thank u

Raghda

raghda