Ok, I'm sorry if this is a basic question, but I'm new to this environment. I've tried to find the answer elsewhere, but can't. I'm not sure if this is a Forte, PointBase, or Tomcat issue. I downloaded Sun's Forte IDE and worked through the first part of a tutorial to create the CD Shopping Cart application using JSPs to access a PointBase Db. (I'm using JDBC & SQL, not Tranparent Persistence, or JDOs.) It works fine in the IDE, but I want to deploy it outside of the IDE in my own, stand alone Tomcat server. The HTML and non-database JSPages work fine there too, but when I try to run a JSP that access the PointBase Db it can't connect to the database. Part of the error message is below: javax.servlet.ServletException: org/netbeans/jsptags/db/connection/ConnectionSource Root cause: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/netbeans/jsptags/db/connection/ConnectionSource at org.netbeans.jsptags.db.ConnectionTag.findConnectionHandler(ConnectionTag.java:368) at org.netbeans.jsptags.db.ConnectionTag.otherDoStartTagOperations(ConnectionTag.java:137) at org.netbeans.jsptags.db.ConnectionTag.doStartTag(ConnectionTag.java:228) at _0002fProductList_0002ejspProductList_jsp_1._jspService(_0002fProductList_0002ejspProductList ConnectionSource is in dbtags.jar, which is in my WAR file and under [TOMCATDIR]\webapps\CDShopCart\WEB-INF\lib. Why do I get a NoClassDefFoundError. If it finds other org/netbeans/jsptags/db classes (doStartTag, otherDoStartTagOperatiions, and findConnectionHandler) that are all part of dbtags.jar, then it should find ConnectionSource. Do I have to do something to make my Pointbase Db available to Tomcat? I'm confused and frustrated. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Frank _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]