Hi,
I am having problems similar to the ones mentioned maester18 but i am receiving a differant error..
HTTP Status 500 -
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type Exception report
message
description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception
javax.servlet.ServletException: In <driver>, invalid driver class name: "java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doHandle PageException(PageContextImpl.java:864)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePa geException(PageContextImpl.java:800)
org.apache.jsp.DataAccess.bookDB_jsp._jspService(b ookDB_jsp.java:74)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(Http JspBase.java:133)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:856)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.servic e(JspServletWrapper.java:311)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFil e(JspServlet.java:301)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspSe rvlet.java:248)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:856)
root cause
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadC lass(WebappClassLoader.java:1366)
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadC lass(WebappClassLoader.java:1213)
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoade r.java:315)
java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:217)
org.apache.taglibs.standard.tag.common.sql.DataSou rceWrapper.setDriverClassName(Unknown Source)
org.apache.taglibs.standard.tag.common.sql.SetData SourceTagSupport.doStartTag(Unknown Source)
org.apache.jsp.DataAccess.bookDB_jsp._jspx_meth_sq l_setDataSource_0(bookDB_jsp.java:91)
org.apache.jsp.DataAccess.bookDB_jsp._jspService(b ookDB_jsp.java:60)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(Http JspBase.java:133)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:856)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.servic e(JspServletWrapper.java:311)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFil e(JspServlet.java:301)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspSe rvlet.java:248)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:856)
note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Tomcat logs.
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Apache Tomcat/5.0.16
The files that i have within ,my lib folder are
Apache Tomcat/5.0.16
http://localhost:8080/jsp-examples/d...ess/bookDB.jsp
mysql-connector-java-3.0.10-stable-bin.jar
jaxen-full.jar
LICENSE
LICENSE-JAXEN
LICENSE-SAXPATH
saxpath.jar
dom.JAP
jaxp-api.jar
jdbc2_0-stdext.jar
jstl.jar
sax.jar
standard.jar
xalan.jar
xercesImpl.jar
And I have typed the code as it appears in the book....
PW