-- Hello Mark, is far as i understood the config-files, you can attach properties to servlets by referring to the full name of its class, including the whole package-path, or by referring to its alias. I would suggest to try to assign the following values: masterpackage.subpackage.myservlet.database.name=MyDataBase if your servlet reside inside the package masterpackage.subpackage. of course don't forget to restart the werbserver to force it to reload the jserv.properties file. hth, Thomas -- Thomas Landgraf, Dipl. Inform. Dr. Materna GmbH Tel: +49 (0)231 5599-578 44141 Dortmund Fax: +49 (0)231 5599-574 Voßkuhle 37 Abteilung IS-Projekte > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Mark Foster [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet am: Dienstag, 29. Juni 1999 19:54 > An: 'Java Apache Users' > Betreff: accessing servlet properties > > -- > > 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] -- -------------------------------------------------------------- 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]