Hi, A timer thread won't have a servlet context.
However, if you want it to use the context of the servlet that started it, you can pass that in from the starting servlet when you start the timer thread class. Then you should be able to pull it out again from the timer class where you need it. Hope that helps, Neale Rudd metawerx java hosting http://www.metawerx.net ___________________________________________________________________________ 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