If anyone else has this problem in the future, i did figure it out. You have to encapsulate each seperate init param w/in a <init-param> block.
Fuz On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Duane Morse wrote: > Isn't <servlet-class> supposed to be after all of the <init-param> nodes for > a servlet? > > Duane Morse, Eldorado Computing Inc., Phoenix, Arizona > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fawaz Ahmad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 11:22 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: web.xml file > > > Hello, > > Is there anything special you have to do to get a web.xml file to work? I > can not get my servlet to read the init-param's of my web.xml file! My > servlet is located in the folder tomcat/webapps/WebOE/WEB-INF/classes > and the web.xml file which is in the WEB-INF folder has the following > code: > > <web-app> > <servlet> > <servlet-name>WebOE</servlet-name> > <servlet-class>WebOE</servlet-class> > > <init-param> > <param-name>DBServer</param-name> > <param-value>spacejam</param-value> > </init-param> > > </servlet> > > </web-app> > > but when i try to read it from teh servlet using the getInitParameter > function, it returns a null function. is there anything that i am > overlooking? > > Thanks! > > fuz > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > > ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
