ok...i think i'm clearer now. this thread helped: http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=45&thread=506444
thanks all! On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:25:12 -0500, Jeff Ousley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > very cool! that worked...but why? none of other suggestions did. any > sort of web.xml seemed to cause the page not to work. but placing this > line in allowed it to work. i'm assuming this turns off expression > language? > > > > On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 23:18:06 +0100, Mark Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > or stick <%@ page isELIgnored ="false" %> in your jsp. > > > > On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 22:30, Simon Benzekri wrote: > > > Hello Jeff, > > > > > > Try this as the top line in web.xml file. > > > > > > <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" > > > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" > > > xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee web-app_2_4.xsd" > > > version="2.4"> > > > > > > all other declaraqtions > > > </web-app> > > > > > > Simon > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jeff Ousley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 4:59 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: jstl not working when i use a web.xml file > > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > 1st of all, b gentle w/ me...i'm just getting into this stuff. i'm > > > trying to use jstl stuff in a webapp on jakarta 5.0.27. i created my > > > directory in webapps and placed the two .jar files in the WEB-INF/lib > > > directory. from there, i just copied the SimpleRange.jsp file from the > > > examples into my webapps directory. i then stop and restart jakarta > > > and run the page. it works great! i get this returned: > > > > > > > > > Simple Range Iteration > > > 1 to 10 > > > 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 * 6 * 7 * 8 * 9 * 10 * > > > > > > > > > however, if i create any sort of web.xml file inside WEB-INF for my > > > webapp (at least the variations i tried), the page does not work > > > properly. i created a very simple empty web.xml file like this: > > > > > > <web-app> > > > > > > </web-app> > > > > > > > > > > > > anyway, with a web.xml file present, i get the following when trying > > > to run the page (after starting and stopping): > > > > > > > > > Simple Range Iteration > > > 1 to 10 > > > ${i} * ${i} * ${i} * ${i} * ${i} * ${i} * ${i} * ${i} * ${i} * ${i} * > > > > > > > > > what in the world am i doing wrong? also (unrelated) how do i force a > > > recompile of my pages? > > > > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > NOTICE: This email contains privileged and confidential information and is > > > intended only for the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the > > > named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. > > > Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this > > > transmission by mistake and delete this communication from your system. E-mail > > > transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secured or error-free as information > > > could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or > > > contain viruses. > > > > > > AVIS: Le prsent courriel contient des renseignements de nature privilgie et > > > confidentielle et nest destin qu' la personne qui il est adress. Si vous ntes > > > pas le destinataire prvu, vous tes par les prsentes aviss que toute diffusion, > > > distribution ou reproduction de cette communication est strictement interdite. > > > Si vous avez reu ce courriel par erreur, veuillez en aviser immdiatement > > > lexpditeur et le supprimer de votre systme. Notez que la transmission de > > > courriel ne peut en aucun cas tre considr comme inviolable ou exempt derreur > > > puisque les informations quil contient pourraient tre intercepts, corrompues, > > > perdues, dtruites, arrives en retard ou incompltes ou contenir un virus. > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]