Good spotted -----Original Message----- From: Mark Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 August 2005 10:00 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Http-status 500 error in Tomcat 4.1
Just guessing, but are your servlets in a package? Packageless classes do not work. See http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/faq/classnotfound.html Mark subi wrote: > Hello All, > > I am using Tomcat 4.1. I just started working in it, > > so this asking may be childish, if so, pls don't > mistake me. > > Here is my webapp structure: > > 1. C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Tomcat 4.1\webapps\testapp\classes > -----here i have my servlet classes > 2. C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Tomcat 4.1\webapps\testapp\jsp > -----here i have a sample.htmfile > 3. C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Tomcat 4.1\webapps\testapp\WEB-INF > -----here is the web.xml resides > > my web.xml entry is like this: > > <!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, > Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" > "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd"> > <web-app> > <servlet> > <servlet-name>TestServlet</servlet-name> > <servlet-class>TestServlet</servlet-class> > </servlet> > > <servlet-mapping> > <servlet-name>TestServlet</servlet-name> > > <url-pattern>/TestServlet</url-pattern> > </servlet-mapping> > </web-app> > > ------------------ > the sample.htm has the following entries: > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 > Transitional//EN"> > <html> > <head> > <title>Untitled Document</title> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; > charset=iso-8859-1"> > </head> > > <body> > <p><font color="#000099">Hello, Welcome!</font> </p> > <form > action="http:\\localhost:8080\testapp\TestServlet" method="post" > name="form1" target="_self"> > <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Click Me"> > </form> > <p> </p> > </body> > </html> > > --------------- > > Here is what I done: > 1. I started the Tomcat server > 2. opened the IE browser and "http://localhost:8080/testapp/jsp/sample.htm" > 3. clicked the button which gives the error "HTTP Status 500 - > TestServlet is not found" > > Please tell me what is the problem? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]