hello, i am using tomcat as a standalone. i have jsps and servlets working quiet normally, i see no reason why apache should be connected to tomcat if servlets and jsp serve your purpose. although some people argue that for static pages apache will respond to requests much faster than tomcat. however i feel the response time difference is negligible. bye Lalit Nagpal
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