Hi, I am new to JSP's and Beans. I have written a Java class which acceses a MySQL database on a remote machine usingd JDBC. This class when run using the java interpreter works fine and displays proper results. Now, I converted the above class file into a bean, by creating a ".jar" file and updated the manifest file accordingly. I am using the trial Java Web Server 2.0, so I placed the ".jar" file in the "lib" directory of the Java Web Server, and restarted the web server. I have a JSP file which uses the above mentioned class as a bean. When I try to access it, it gives me the following error : " javax.servlet.ServletException : Cannot create bean of class abc.dbclass " In the above message "dbclass" is my bean class, whereas abc is the folder containig that class when the ".jar" file was created. All the JDBC drivers that are required, have also been placed in the appropriate directory hierrarchy. Just to doble check I tried writting a very simple bean which just had a method that displayed a message. When I ran the JSP with this particular bean, it worked fine. I want to know that are there any particular things that are not to be performed in a bean, or which don't work in a bean, or any special care to be taken while writting a bean which uses JDBC. Or any other area which I may have overlooked. Also supplement your answer with some examples, if possible. Thanx a lot, Masaoud =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". FAQs on JSP can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html