Ok, let's see. Are you sure you have a valid "taglib" directive in your JSP page (not in the web.xml)? Do a "view source" on the generated page to make sure you don't have "<c:out ..." in the generated page.
Have you tried the same application in the latest Tomcat 4.1.x version? > -----Original Message----- > From: javen fang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > hi, all > > <c:out value="${USER.username}" default="username" /> > <bean:write name="USER" property="username"/> > USER is a user session > > <bean:write> can work,and prints myname > <c:out> can not work, and prints ${USER.username} > > Because of the output ${USER.username} , my config > about JSTL may be right. and now , why it does not > work rightly ???? > > my container is tomcat 5.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]