Hi, I am using Tomcat4.0.4, jdk1.4. I have a simple jsp file like this
package org.apache.jsp; import javax.servlet.*; import java.sql.*; import java.util.Vector; import javax.servlet.*; import javax.servlet.http.*; import javax.servlet.jsp.*; import org.apache.jasper.runtime.*; public class testbean$jsp extends HttpJspBase { // begin [file="/JSP/com/imedge/admin/testbean.jsp";from=(30,0);to=(30,78)] // end static { } public testbean$jsp( ) { } private static boolean _jspx_inited = false; public final void _jspx_init() throws org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspException { } public void _jspService(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws java.io.IOException, ServletException { JspFactory _jspxFactory = null; PageContext pageContext = null; HttpSession session = null; ServletContext application = null; ServletConfig config = null; JspWriter out = null; Object page = this; String _value = null; try { if (_jspx_inited == false) { synchronized (this) { if (_jspx_inited == false) { _jspx_init(); _jspx_inited = true; } } } _jspxFactory = JspFactory.getDefaultFactory(); response.setContentType("text/html;ISO-8859-1"); pageContext = _jspxFactory.getPageContext(this, request, response, "", true, 8192, true); application = pageContext.getServletContext(); config = pageContext.getServletConfig(); session = pageContext.getSession(); out = pageContext.getOut(); // HTML // begin [file="/JSP/com/imedge/admin/testbean.jsp";from=(0,0);to=(13,0)] out.write("<!-- Developed and Documented by Krishna Veeramachaneni -->\r\n<html>\r\n\r\n<head>\r\n<title>IMEDGE Content Management Services Administrator</title>\r\n<link href=\"/JSP/com/imedge/admin/style.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" >\r\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"/JSP/com/imedge/admin/validation.js\"></script>\r\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"/JSP/com/imedge/admin/CascadeMenu.js\"></script>\r\n<script language = \"JavaScript\">\r\n\r\n</script>\r\n</head>\r\n\r\n"); // end // begin [file="/JSP/com/imedge/admin/testbean.jsp";from=(13,2);to=(19,0)] /* Java code to retrieve family name and description if any */ // end // HTML // begin [file="/JSP/com/imedge/admin/testbean.jsp";from=(19,2);to=(23,0)] out.write("\r\n<body link=\"#990000\" vlink=\"#009999\" alink=\"#009999\" \r\nID=\"Bdy\" leftmargin=\"0\" rightmargin=\"0\" topmargin=\"0\" bgcolor=\"beige\" >\r\n\r\n"); // end // HTML // begin [file="/JSP/com/imedge/admin/Banner.jsp";from=(0,0);to=(21,8)] out.write("\r\n<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>\r\n\t\t<tr>\r\n\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" width=299 >\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" onClick=\"javascript:window.open('http://www.edge.com', 'edgewindow') \" >\r\n\r\n \t\t\t\t<IMG align=top border=0 height=90 src=\"/JSP/com/imedge/admin/images/hmb_edge.gif\" width=299 />\r\n\t\t\t\t</a>\r\n\t\t\t</td>\r\n\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" >\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" onClick=\"javascript:window.open('http://www.edge.com', 'edgewindow') \" >\r\n \t\t\t\t<IMG align=top border=0 height=90 src=\"/JSP/com/imedge/admin/images/hmb_mont.jpg\" width=299 />\r\n\t\t\t\t</a>\r\n\t\t\t</td>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<td valign=\"center\" align=\"right\" width=\"65%\" bgcolor=\"#990000\" border=\"0\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<font size=\"3\" color=\"white\"><b>IMEDGE Content Management Services Administrator </b></font>\r\n\t\t\t</td>\r\n\r\n\t\t</tr>\r\n\r\n</table >"); // end // HTML // begin [file="/JSP/com/imedge/admin/testbean.jsp";from=(23,54);to=(24,0)] out.write("\r\n"); // end // HTML // begin [file="/JSP/com/imedge/admin/FamilyMenu.jsp";from=(0,0);to=(48,8)] out.write("<!-- Developed and documented by Krishna Veeramachaneni --> \r\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n\t<tr>\r\n\t\t<td>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" onClick=\"this.href='/JSP/com/imedge/admin/IMOmMain.htm'\">\r\n\t\t\t<IMG src=\"/JSP/com/imedge/admin/images/HomeInactive.gif\" name=\"HomeButton\" border=\"0\"\r\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Imedge Volume Managar Home Page\"\r\n\t\t\tOnMouseover=\"document.HomeButton.src='/JSP/com/imedge/admin /images/HomeHighlighted.gif';\"\r\n\t\t\tonmouseout=\"document.HomeButton.sr c='/JSP/com/imedge/admin/images/HomeInactive.gif';\"\r\n\t\t\t> </a>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t</td>\r\n\t\t<td>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" onClick=\"this.href='/JSP/com/imedge/admin/FamilyMain.jsp'\"> \r\n\t\t\t<IMG src=\"/JSP/com/imedge/admin/images/FamilyActive.gif\" name=\"FamilyButton\" border=\"0\"\r\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Create, Edit, Delete Family\"\r\n\t\t\tOnMouseover=\"document.FamilyButton.src='/JSP/com/imedge/a dmin/images/FamilyHighlighted.gif';\"\r\n\t\t\tonmouseout=\"document.FamilyB utton.src='/JSP/com/imedge/admin/images/FamilyActive.gif';\"\r\n\t\t\t> </A>\r\n\t\t</td>\r\n\t\t<td>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" onClick=\"this.href='/JSP/com/imedge/admin/VolumeMain.jsp'\">\r\n\t\t\t<IMG src=\"/JSP/com/imedge/admin/images/VolumeInactive.gif\" name=\"VolumeButton\" border=\"0\"\r\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Create, Edit, Delete Volume\" \r\n\t\t\tOnMouseover=\"document.VolumeButton.src='/JSP/com/imedge/admin/ima ges/VolumeHighlighted.gif';\"\r\n\t\t\tonmouseout=\"document.VolumeButton.sr c='/JSP/com/imedge/admin/images/VolumeInactive.gif';\"\r\n\t\t\t> </A>\r\n\r\n\t\t</td>\r\n\t\t<td>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" onClick=\"this.href='/JSP/com/imedge/admin/ObjectMain.jsp'\">\r\n\t\t\t<IMG src=\"/JSP/com/imedge/admin/images/objectsinactive.gif\" name=\"ObjectButton\" border=\"0\"\r\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Display Object info\" \r\n\t\t\tOnMouseover=\"document.ObjectButton.src='/JSP/com/imedge/admin/ima ges/objectshighlighted.gif';\"\r\n\t\t\tonmouseout=\"document.ObjectButton.s rc='/JSP/com/imedge/admin/images/objectsinactive.gif';\"\r\n\t\t\t> </A>\r\n\r\n\t\t</td>\r\n\t\t<td>\r\n\t\t\t<IMG src=\"/JSP/com/imedge/admin/images/HelpInactive.gif\" name=\"HelpButton\" \r\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Help\"\r\n\t\t\tOnMouseover=\"document.HelpButton.src='/JS P/com/imedge/admin/images/HelpHighlighted.gif';\"\r\n\t\t\tonmouseout=\"docu ment.HelpButton.src='/JSP/com/imedge/admin/images/HelpInactive.gif';\">\r\n\ t\t</td>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t</tr>\r\n</table>"); // end // HTML // begin [file="/JSP/com/imedge/admin/testbean.jsp";from=(24,57);to=(26,0)] out.write("\r\n\r\n"); // end // HTML // begin [file="/JSP/com/imedge/admin/testbean.jsp";from=(26,36);to=(27,0)] out.write("\r\n"); // end // HTML // begin [file="/JSP/com/imedge/admin/testbean.jsp";from=(27,31);to=(28,0)] out.write("\r\n"); // end // HTML // begin [file="/JSP/com/imedge/admin/testbean.jsp";from=(28,37);to=(30,0)] out.write("\r\n\r\n"); // end // begin [file="/JSP/com/imedge/admin/testbean.jsp";from=(30,0);to=(30,78)] com.imedge.admin.Employee dbbean = null; boolean _jspx_specialdbbean = false; synchronized (session) { dbbean= (com.imedge.admin.Employee) pageContext.getAttribute("dbbean",PageContext.SESSION_SCOPE); if ( dbbean == null ) { _jspx_specialdbbean = true; try { dbbean = (com.imedge.admin.Employee) java.beans.Beans.instantiate(this.getClass().getClassLoader(), "com.imedge.admin.Employee"); } catch (ClassNotFoundException exc) { throw new InstantiationException(exc.getMessage()); } catch (Exception exc) { throw new ServletException (" Cannot create bean of class "+"com.imedge.admin.Employee", exc); } pageContext.setAttribute("dbbean", dbbean, PageContext.SESSION_SCOPE); } } if(_jspx_specialdbbean == true) { // end // HTML // begin [file="/JSP/com/imedge/admin/testbean.jsp";from=(28,37);to=(30,0)] out.write("\r\n \r\n"); // end // begin [file="/JSP/com/imedge/admin/testbean.jsp";from=(30,0);to=(30,78)] } // end // HTML // begin [file="/JSP/com/imedge/admin/testbean.jsp";from=(32,14);to=(39,7)] out.write("\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n</body>\r\n\r\n</html>"); // end } catch (Throwable t) { if (out != null && out.getBufferSize() != 0) out.clearBuffer(); if (pageContext != null) pageContext.handlePageException(t); } finally { if (_jspxFactory != null) _jspxFactory.releasePageContext(pageContext); } } } And this source is generated by jsp file. But when I use javac to compile this source code, I have the following error: C:\Tomcat 4.0\webapps\ROOT\JSP>javac testbean$jsp.java Testbean$jsp.java:24: cannot resolve symbol Symbol : class JspException Public final void _jspx_int() throws org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspException { ^ testbean$jsp.java:137 handlePageException(java.lang.Exception) in Javaxservlet.jsp.PageContext cannot be applied to (java.lang.Throwable) if (pageContext != null) pageContext.handlePageException(t); 2 errors Does anyone know what is wrong here? Thank you Eddie Liang Database Architect Phone: 630-810-9669 x253