Hi Chris,
> >>>If you want to deploy "procurement" from your webapps directory, simply > >>>remove the <Context> element entirely from your server.xml file and > >>>allow Tomcat to auto-deploy your webapp naturally. > This is the exception when removing the <context> element from the server.xml: [ERROR] [Cannot create JDBC driver of class '' for connect URL 'null']org.apache.commons.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create JDBC driver of class '' for connect URL 'null', cause: java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver at java.sql.DriverManager.getDriver(DriverManager.java:243) at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSource.java:743) at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:518) > > >>>If you need <Realm> or <Resource> elements inside your <Context>, then > >>>you have two options: > > >>>1. Set autoDeploy="false" on your <Host> > This is the error which is same as the JDBC driver error: Catalina.start: LifecycleException: Context startup failed due to previous erro rs LifecycleException: Context startup failed due to previous errors at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3 578) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1141) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:707) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1141) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:316 ) > > >>>2. Keep your <Context>'s docBase outside of your <Host>'s appBase > > I changed <Context docBase="c:\\procurement".... The error is still the same. > >>>I agree with Chuck's and Mark's comments WRT JRE and Tomcat version. > I am desperate now. Will try Tomcat 5 with JDK1.4 . Thanks, Jamez.