hi richard, I mentioned that plugin definition in my struts-config.xml.Iam sending you the exact error which iam gettin while deployin my app in tomcat 5.5,
May 10, 2006 3:40:26 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on port 8080 May 10, 2006 3:40:26 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load INFO: Initialization processed in 3141 ms May 10, 2006 3:40:26 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start INFO: Starting service Catalina May 10, 2006 3:40:26 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.0.18 May 10, 2006 3:40:26 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost start INFO: XML validation disabled May 10, 2006 3:40:27 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost getDeployer INFO: Create Host deployer for direct deployment ( non-jmx ) May 10, 2006 3:40:27 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer install INFO: Processing Context configuration file URL file:F:\Tomcat 5.0\conf\Catalina\localhost\admin.xml May 10, 2006 3:40:29 PM org.apache.struts.util.PropertyMessageResources <init> INFO: Initializing, config='org.apache.struts.util.LocalStrings', returnNull=true May 10, 2006 3:40:29 PM org.apache.struts.util.PropertyMessageResources <init> INFO: Initializing, config='org.apache.struts.action.ActionResources', returnNull=true May 10, 2006 3:40:31 PM org.apache.struts.util.PropertyMessageResources <init> INFO: Initializing, config='org.apache.webapp.admin.ApplicationResources', returnNull=true May 10, 2006 3:40:34 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer install INFO: Processing Context configuration file URL file:F:\Tomcat 5.0\conf\Catalina\localhost\manager.xml May 10, 2006 3:40:35 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer install INFO: Processing Context configuration file URL file:F:\Tomcat 5.0\conf\Catalina\localhost\balancer.xml May 10, 2006 3:40:36 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer install INFO: Installing web application at context path /simplestruts from URL file:F:/Tomcat 5.0/webapps/simplestruts May 10, 2006 3:40:39 PM org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn initResources INFO: Loading validation rules file from '/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml' May 10, 2006 3:40:39 PM org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn initResources INFO: Loading validation rules file from '/WEB-INF/validation.xml' May 10, 2006 3:40:40 PM org.apache.commons.digester.Digester error SEVERE: Parse Error at line 50 column 35: Element type "va-value" must be declared. org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Element type "va-value" must be declared. at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.error(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.handleStartElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.dtd.XMLDTDValidator.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1591) at org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorResources.<init>(ValidatorResources.java:159) at org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn.initResources(ValidatorPlugIn.java:237) at org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn.init(ValidatorPlugIn.java:162) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.initModulePlugIns(ActionServlet.java:869) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.init(ActionServlet.java:336) at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:256) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1044) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:887) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3960) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4283) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:866) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:850) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:638) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install(StandardHostDeployer.java:320) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:875) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:657) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:476) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1008) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:394) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1133) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:832) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1125) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:518) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:519) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2345) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:598) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:297) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:398) i think above info is sufficient. lookin for your reply, later, anil. Richard Yee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anil, Is validation-rules.xml located in your /WEB-INF directory and is this in your struts-config.xml? value="/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,/WEB-INF/validation.xml"/> -Richard Anil Kumar Pippalapalli wrote: > hi, > when iam tryin to deploy the struts application in tomcat 5.5. Its > saying unable to load validation-rules.xml. > Plz help me in this regard. > > regards, > anil. > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new. Click here > Send instant messages to your online friends - NOW > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new. Click here Send instant messages to your online friends - NOW