Sorry - I've got no idea if it's been fixed in a later version - I've switched jobs and my new company uses Resin instead of Tomcat..... You could try searching the mailing list archives - but your best bet is probably to upgrade (or just work round it and use a jsp page instead...) Good Luck! Catherine > -----Original Message----- > From: BugRat Mail System [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 4:16 AM > To: Catherine Jung; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: BugRat Report #538 - Using an html file as the <location> in > an <error-page> in web.xml causes a StackOverflowError. > > ----- Sender's Comment ----- > Hey Catherine, > I saw this bug report on the website. Is this been fixed yet. > I am using tomcat 3.2.1 and running into the same error. > Hope you can provide me some pointers. > Ashwin > B-Bop Associates > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- End Of Sender's Comment --------------------------- > Report URL: <http://znutar.cortexity.com/BugRatViewer/ShowReport/538> > > Report #538 Details > > Project: Tomcat > Category: Bug Report > SubCategory: New Bug Report > Class: swbug > State: received > Priority: medium > Severity: non-critical > Confidence: public > Environment: > Release: 3.2 also 3.2b7 > JVM Release: Sun 1.3 > Operating System: Solaris > OS Release: 7 > Platform: Java > > Synopsis: > Using an html file as the <location> in an <error-page> in web.xml causes > a StackOverflowError. > > Description: > Specifying an HTML file as the <location> of an <error-page> > causes tomcat to go into a loop of webpage requests, until > it hits a StackOverflowError. > > This problem doesn't occur if you specify a jsp page instead > of an HTML file. > > > > java.lang.StackOverflowError > at java.io.FileNotFoundException.(FileNotFoundException.java:62) > at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method) > at java.io.FileInputStream.(FileInputStream.java:64) > at java.io.FileInputStream.(FileInputStream.java:95) > at > org.apache.tomcat.request.FileHandler.doService(StaticInterceptor.java:365 > ) > at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:286) > at > org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372) > at > org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.handleStatus(ContextManager.java:104 > 9) > at > org.apache.tomcat.request.FileHandler.doService(StaticInterceptor.java:387 > ) > > repeat last 4 lines many, many times. > > tomcat prints this to console many times before throwing this error: > > 2000-12-06 05:11:16 - Ctx( /Greeting ): 404 R( /Greeting + /index.htm + > null) null > > but nothing occurs in the error logs.... << File: DataSource attachment > 'Report-538.html' >>