Hi Folks This did it and it all works beautifully. I took the stock Tomcat-4.0 binary distribution and Cocoon-2.0B2.tar.gz. The build 'cocoon' with the install option giving it the path to the tomcat webapps directory as given on the "install" page on cocoon2-page. Removed jaxp.jar and crimson.jar and copied xerces_1_4_1.jar. Everything now works like a charm including the "simple SQL" using the included hypersonicSQL database. Thanks to all those who responded. Regards Joseph Rajkumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To make it work just delete (or move somewhere else) the files jaxp.jar and >crimson.jar in \jakarta-tomcat-path\common\lib and put the xerces_1_4_1.jar file >instead. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>