Hi all, I'm making the leap from client- to server-side java, and have spent the past week getting everything configured, etc. I'm using Tomcat 3.2.1/Linux RH6.2 and Marty Hall's book _Core Servlets and JSP_ and have hit a brick wall. The docs for Marty Hall's book, Tomcat docs, etc are not solving the problem. Apologies up front for the low-level question here, but the docs just aren't cutting it. My problem, is that I can't get Tomcat to acknowledge the init-params in my web.xml. I'm trying to call http://localhost/mike/servlet/coreservlets.ShowMsg from the following directory structure: /jakarta-tomcat /bin /config /doc /lib /logs /src /webapps /ROOT /admin /examples /mike /WEB-INF /classes /coreservlets /ShowMessage.class /test /work My server.xml in /jakarta-tomcat/conf includes ... <context path="/mike" docBase="webapps/mike" crossContext="false" reloadable="true" > </context> ... I've got my web.xml in ...mike/WEB-INF it reads... <!DOCTYPE... > <web-app>. <servlet> <servlet-name>ShowMsg</servlet-name> <servlet-class>ShowMessage</servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>foo</param-name> <param-value>bar</param-name> </init-param> </servlet> </web-app> I also tried putting it in /jakarta-tomcat/conf/ per someone else's suggestion. No luck. I know Marty Hall's book is highly recommended from all corners, but there seems to be a lot of Tomcat issues up front that I need to get ironed out. If anyone has a tutorial they recommend, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks a lot, Mike Lindsey
