hello all together, I try to use esql for database access in a logicsheet. I always get a compilation error on that! If I integrate my code directly in my XML file then everything is fine!?! I would be happy if anyone could give me hint/help. Thank you very much in advance, Carsten My Configuration: tomcat 3.2.2 cocoon 1.8.2 MS-SQL Server 7.0 ---------- Here is my XML-File: <?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- Author: Stefano Mazzocchi "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" --> <!-- Version: $Id: clean-page.xml,v 1.2 2000/02/16 01:09:30 stefano Exp $ --> <?cocoon-process type="xslt"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="test_xsp.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> <page> <title></title> </page> ----------- And this is my logicsheet: <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:xsp="http://www.apache.org/1999/XSP/Core" > <xsl:template match="page"> <xsl:processing-instruction name="cocoon-process">type="xsp"</xsl:processing-instruction> <!-- <xsl:processing-instruction name="cocoon-process">type="xslt"</xsl:processing-instruction> <xsl:processing-instruction name="xml-stylesheet">href="page-html.xsl" type="text/xsl"</xsl:processing-instruction> --> <xsp:page language="java" xmlns:xsp="http://www.apache.org/1999/XSP/Core" xmlns:esql="http://apache.org/cocoon/SQL/v2"> <xsp:logic> <esql:connection> <esql:driver>sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver</esql:driver> <esql:dburl>jdbc:odbc:DB-PAK-SA-bock</esql:dburl> <esql:username>sa</esql:username> <esql:password></esql:password> <esql:execute-query> <esql:query>select * from Anlagen</esql:query> </esql:execute-query> </esql:connection> </xsp:logic> </xsp:page> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> ------------------------- Cocoon's error message: java.lang.Exception: XSP Java Compiler: Compilation failed for _database.java 77: Type expected. if (_esql_connection != null) { DOES THIS MEAN THAT THERE IS ALEADY A CONNECTION OBJCET? ^ 1 error at org.apache.cocoon.processor.xsp.language.java.XSPJavaProcessor.compile(XSPJa vaProcessor.java:146) at org.apache.cocoon.processor.xsp.XSPProcessor.process(XSPProcessor.java:522) at org.apache.cocoon.Engine.handle(Engine.java:384) at org.apache.cocoon.Cocoon.service(Cocoon.java:183) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(ServletWrapper.java:405) at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:287) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:79 7) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:743) at org.apache.tomcat.service.connector.Ajp12ConnectionHandler.processConnection (Ajp12ConnectionHandler.java:166) at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416) at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:501) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>