You're right, thanks. I was missing the capital 'P' in the <Parameter> property.
When defining parameters under ResourceParams, it's all lowercase though. - Arash > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Funk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 03:44 > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Init parameter in context.xml > > Only a guess.... try > <Context path="/appName" ...> > <Parameter name="paramName" value="dummyValue"/> > </Context> > > -Tim > > Arash Ramin wrote: > > > In lieu of using web.xml, I'm trying to add an init > parameter in our > > application's context.xml file: > > > > <context path="/appName" ...> > > <parameter name="paramName" value="dummyValue"/> > > </context> > > > > According to the Tomcat docs, this is equivalent to using the > > following in > > web.xml: > > > > <context-param> > > <param-name>paramName</param-name> > > <param-value>dummyValue</param-value> > > </context-param> > > > > In my JSP page, I try the following: > > > > <%= getServletContext().getInitParameter("helpAppName") %> > > > > but I get simply get 'null'. If I move the parameter to web.xml, > > everything works fine. > > > > Our context.xml file is generated through an Ant script for > different > > environments, hence my need to put the parameter there instead of > > web.xml > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
