You do need a web.xml for each app - but if they have a lot in common you can define a lot of this stuff in the <DefaultContext> of server.xml
HTH -----Original Message----- From: Peter Choe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Dienstag, 11. Februar 2003 16:19 To: Tomcat Users List; Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: web page errors do i need to set up the web.xml for each application, or is there a way to have one set up for all the applications in one place? Peter Choe At 10:04 AM 2/11/2003, Shapira, Yoav wrote: >Howdy, > > > >can tomcat handle errors such as 404 document not found without apache? > >Yes. Anything that claims it implements the HTTP protocol has to handle >these. > > >how can i configure tomcat to direct these errors to an error page? > >It'll automatically direct these errors to its default error pages. Use >the <error-page> directive in your web.xml to define custom error pages. >See the servlet spec chapter 13 for a full explanation of the ><error-page> element with examples. > >Yoav Shapira >Millennium ChemInformatics > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]