On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:38:57 -0500, Rhino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could someone kindly tell me where I should be putting the > commons-fileupload-1.0-jar when I deploy my Tomcat servlet to Tomcat? I've > searched high and low through mailing lists and FileUpload docs and I can't > find any mention of this. > > My servlet compiles fine but when I deploy it to Tomcat (5.0.28) Tomcat > can't find the jar so that it can do the uploading and I get this:
<snip/> > I think this is nature's way of telling me that I haven't got the FileUpload > jar in the right place. Apparently, Tomcat can't use the copy of the jar > that is in server/lib; as I understand it, this directory is only for > uploads done by the server, not by the applications. I would have tried it > in common/lib but I have specific instructions from Martin Cooper that say > "keep the FileUpload jar within your own web app, and don't try to share it > by putting it in common/lib". > > So where DO I put the jar??? I suppose the answer should be obvious since I > can't find any evidence of anyone else ever asking it but it's eluding me. The FileUpload jar file should go into WEB-INF/lib, inside your war file. This is the same place that all of your other jar files should go, and is the standard location for jar files in a web application. See the Servlet spec for more information. -- Martin Cooper > Do I just drop the jar in the webapps/[MyAppName] folder? Won't that ensure > that I have to put it back there manually every time I redeploy the servlet? > Should I put the jar in the WAR file itself? > > Any guidance would be appreciated! > > Rhino > --- > rhino1 AT sympatico DOT ca > "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it > so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to > make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." - C.A.R. > Hoare > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
