Hi had the same problem & i resolved with a static Object working as a lock in the init method. The best thing however is to upgrade to 1.4.7 wich does not present this strange behaviour anymore. Marco -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Vinh Chu Xuan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Inviato: lunedì, 26. febbraio 2001 17:06 A: Orion-Interest Oggetto: Re: Servlet loading twice, Help me, please Hi Phong, I am now at home,so i do not have the source code here. In this case you should use global Java Bean. I will send you the sample. Hope that will help you. Talk to you later. Best regards, Vinh Chu Xuan Vietnam Data Communication Company Software R&D Department 1E Truong Chinh - Hanoi - Vietnam http://home.vnn.vn/vdc/index_e.html Office : +84 4 8699112-307 Cell phone : +84 91 21 6116 ----- Original Message ----- From: Phong Quoc Tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Orion-Interest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 8:37 AM Subject: Servlet loading twice, Help me, please Hi, I have a servlet as a front component in my webapp; the servlet has also the task of saving a Object in static variable (for example : a integer value ) during his inizialization. When I start orion server, I set new value for static variable (for example new value = 20 ) and I call the servlet n times ( n >= 2 ) I see 2 servlet instance created (see the output below) Please help me, how to make only 1 servlet instance. I have done a small example so that i can explain me in a more clear way : my web.xml <servlet> <servlet-name>MyServlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>MyServlet</servlet-class> <load-on-startup>0</load-on-startup> </servlet> the code of the my object is class MyObject extends Object { private static int myvar = 10; public static void setVar(int var) { myvar = var; } public void myprint() { System.out.println("I'm a Object : " + this + " and my variable : " + myvar); } } the code of the servlet is: import java.io.*; import javax.servlet.*; import javax.servlet.http.*; public class MyServlet extends HttpServlet { public void init(ServletConfig conf) throws ServletException { MyObject myObject = new MyObject(); myObject.myprint(); MyObject.setVar(20); System.out.println("Done " + this); } public void service(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { doGet( request, response ); } public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { } public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { doGet( request, response ); } } now, if I start the server & i call the servlet n times (n >= 2 ) i can see 2 servlet instance created (see the output below) D:\webserver\Orion>java -jar orion.jar I'm a Object : MyObject@7c1f2a88 and my variable : 10 Done MyServlet@66732a88 Orion/1.4.4 initialized I'm a Object : MyObject@e86f2a8a and my variable : 10 Done MyServlet@c34f2a8a I using Orion server 1.44, and Please help me, how to make only 1 servlet instance. Thanks, Phong Quoc Tran =========================================== Tran Quoc Phong Paragon Solutions Vietnam (PSV) 26-28 Dong Du Street, District 1, HoChiMinh City, Vietnam Phone : (84-8) 8 251 250 (ext 181 or 182) Office email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Private email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site : http://www.psv.com.vn