David, Just in case you haven't done this yet, have you checked to see if the environment variable shows up as a catalina:type=Environment MBean? if so you should be able to access it. Hope this helps. - andy gordon
David Kerber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If I'm reading it correctly, according to the docs, I should be able to set an environment variable in server.xml, like the built-in example: Unfortunately, I can't get this to work; I can't read in simpleValue, or the ones I really want to do when they are defined in server.xml. But I have no problems when I put them into the application's web.xml; they come in just fine using the InitialContext stuff from the docs. Is there something extra I need to do to make them visible from server.xml? Thanks, Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.