Howdy, Strange... Make sure the context-param and init-param names are different.
Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Mailing List Servlet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 11:11 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Init Parameter > >Hello everybody, > >I started to learn servlets few times ago. Everything was working perfectly >until I tried to get my <init-param> from my web.xml file. >I receive all the time a null value when I ask the value of my parameter: >String driver = getServletConfig().getInitParameter("driver"). > >If I put the parameter in a <context-param>, no problem, it works. >String driver = getServletContext().getInitParameter("driver"); > >Can someone help me. Thanks >Kenny > >Here is my web.xml file: > ><web-app> > <context-param> > <param-name>driver</param-name> > <param-value>12345</param-value> > </context-param> > > <servlet> > <servlet-name>techSupport</servlet-name> > <servlet-class>techSupportServlet</servlet-class> > > <init-param> > <param-name>driver</param-name> > <param-value>54321</param-value> > </init-param> > </servlet> > > <servlet-mapping> > <servlet-name>techSupport</servlet-name> > <url-pattern>/techSupport</url-pattern> > </servlet-mapping> ></web-app> > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
