-- Please forgive my ignorance, I am new to servlets... I have a jserv.servlets.properties file with lines like so: foobar.database.name=myDatabaseName foobar.database.username=visitor How can I access these from my servlet? Does the servlet have to be named foobar.class? I have tried System.getProperty("foobar.database.name") and System.getProperty("database.name") and neither work - I get a NullPointerException Do I have to create unique instance of the Properties class? Thanks for any help. -- ========================================================+ Mark Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph4256880567x109 fx4256880590 Altrec is now ONLINE! http://www.altrec.com/ -- -------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] READ THE FAQ!!!! <http://java.apache.org/faq/> Archives and Other: <http://java.apache.org/main/mail.html/> Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]