Thanks for the help.  

The solution provided fixed the error
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagLibraryValidator.  
JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext contained standard.jar and jstl.jar which I
moved/deleted.

The other JAR files in JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext are:
dnsns.jar  ldapsec.jar  localedata.jar  sunjce_provider.jar

I got a weird result though from the simple webapp below.  Here is the
result I got:
${i} 
${i} 
${i} 
${i} 
${i} 
${i} 
${i} 
${i} 
${i} 
${i}

I thought, the code will have a result of:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Thanks again for all the help.

 On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 20:10, Hans Bergsten wrote:
> Anna Lissa Saupan wrote:
> > Thanks for the help.  
> > 
> > I've been toiling away with the suggestion mentioned below the last few
> > days, migrating my JSTL1.0/TC 4.* to JSTL1.1/TC5.*, and I still cannot
> > make it work :(  So, I tried to run a really simple webapp to test if
> > the JSTL Core library will run on my server.  Unfortunately, even this
> > simple webapp doesn't run.  I still get the error:
> > java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
> > javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagLibraryValidator
> 
> It looks like Tomcat is picking up an old (JSP 1.1) version of the
> JSP classes. Make sure you don't have any JSP or Servlet related JAR
> files in the JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext directory, because JAR files there
> override the ones bundled with Tomcat (or any other servlet container,
> for that matter).
> 
> Hans
> 
> > Here is the structure of the simple webapp.  I'm also adding the source
> > code of the JSP file and web.xml.  Please correct any errors that I
> > might have missed since I'm such a newbie at this thing.  
> > 
> > Thanks again for any help.
> > 
> > Web-app directory structure:
> > .:
> > index.html  jstl-simple.jsp  WEB-INF
> >  
> > ./WEB-INF:
> > classes  c.tld  lib  web.xml  
> >  
> > ./WEB-INF/classes:
> >  
> > ./WEB-INF/lib:
> > jstl.jar  standard.jar
> > 
> > ********jstl-simple.jsp
> > <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core"; prefix="c" %>
> > <html>
> >   <head>
> >     <title>Count to 10 Example (using JSTL)</title>
> >   </head>
> >                                                                                 
> >   <body>
> >     <c:forEach var="i" begin="1" end="10" step="1">
> >       <c:out value="${i}" />
> >                                                                                 
> >       <br />
> >     </c:forEach>
> >   </body>
> > </html>
> > *************web.xml
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> >                                                                                    
> >                                           
> > <!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC
> >   '-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN'
> >   'http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd'>
> >                                                                                    
> >                                           
> > <web-app>
> >   <servlet>
> >     <servlet-name>Home Page</servlet-name>
> >     <jsp-file>/index.html</jsp-file>
> >   </servlet>
> >   <servlet>
> >     <servlet-name>JSTL-Simple</servlet-name>
> >     <jsp-file>/jstl-simple.jsp</jsp-file>
> >   </servlet>
> >   <servlet-mapping>
> >     <servlet-name>JSTL-Simple</servlet-name>
> >     <url-pattern>/jstl-simple</url-pattern>
> >   </servlet-mapping>
> >   <taglib>
> >     <taglib-uri>http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core</taglib-uri>
> >     <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/c.tld</taglib-location>
> >   </taglib>
> >   <resource-ref>
> >     <res-ref-name>jdbc/conversion</res-ref-name>
> >     <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
> >     <res-auth>Container</res-auth>
> >   </resource-ref>
> > </web-app>
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 11:28, Kris Schneider wrote:
> > 
> >>If you're using TC 5, you should also be using JSTL 1.1. Instead of putting the
> >>JSTL JAR files in $CATALINA_HOME/common/lib, put them in your app's WEB-INF/lib
> >>directory. Note that the taglib URIs have changed between JSTL 1.0 and 1.1. For
> >>example:
> >>
> >>1.0:
> >>http://java.sun.com/jstl/core
> >>
> >>1.1:
> >>http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core
> >>
> >>Quoting Anna Lissa Saupan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Thanks for the help.
> >>>
> >>>I did what you suggested.  I deployed the application-examples.war that
> >>>came with the JSTL distribution, which runs properly.  It was also
> >>>suggested that:
> >>>CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$JAVA_HOME/lib/*.jar:$JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/*.jar:$AXISCLASSPATH
> >>>cannot be properly parsed by Linux/Unix.  "The /*.jar statements won't
> >>>parse correctly under any version of *nix that I
> >>>know of ;-)."
> >>>so I modified my CLASSPATH to:
> >>>CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$JAVA_HOME/lib:$JAVA_HOME/jre/lib:$AXISCLASSPATH
> >>>
> >>>When I run application-examples.war, I get this result (selected):
> >>>org.apache.catalina.jsp_classpath =
> >>>/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/webapps/application-examples/WEB-INF/classes/
> >>>
> >>
> >>:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/webapps/application-examples/WEB-INF/lib/taglibs-application.jar
> >>
> >>:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/shared/classes/:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/classes/
> >>
> >>>:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/endorsed/xercesImpl.jar
> >>>:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/endorsed/xmlParserAPIs.jar
> >>>:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/jasper-compiler.jar
> >>>
> >>
> >>:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/jmx.jar:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/commons-el.jar
> >>
> >>>:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/commons-collections.jar
> >>>:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/naming-java.jar
> >>>:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/commons-pool.jar
> >>>
> >>
> >>:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/jasper-runtime.jar:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/naming-factory.jar
> >>
> >>:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/servlet-api.jar:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/naming-resources.jar
> >>
> >>:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/commons-dbcp.jar:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/ant.jar
> >>
> >>:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/naming-common.jar:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/jsp-api.jar
> >>
> >>>:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/mysql-connector-java-3.0.9-stable-bin.jar
> >>>
> >>
> >>:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/j2ee.jar:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/jstl.jar
> >>
> >>:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/common/lib/standard.jar:/opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/lib/tools.jar
> >>
> >>:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.12/bin/bootstrap.jar:/opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/lib/ext/sunjce_provider.jar
> >>
> >>:/opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/lib/ext/dnsns.jar:/opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/lib/ext/jstl.jar
> >>
> >>:/opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/lib/ext/ldapsec.jar:/opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/lib/ext/localedata.jar
> >>
> >>>:/opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/lib/ext/standard.jar
> >>>
> >>>I also added jstl.jar and standard.jar to <CATALINA_HOME>/common/lib so
> >>>all my web-apps can use it.
> >>>
> >>>JSP applications with custom taglibs can be run properly in my server,
> >>>only when I try to use the JSTL distribution that it fails.
> >>>
> >>>Can one reason be that taglibs v1.0 is not supported by Tomcat 5.*.*? 
> >>>I'm trying to run JSTL application examples that came with "Tomcat Kick
> >>>Start" by M. Bond, and D. Law.  This book applies to Tomcat 4.* and
> >>>Taglib v1.0.  
> >>>
> >>>My next recourse is to convert the apps to its most current version.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks again.
> >>>
> >>>On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 16:05, Kris Schneider wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Your classpath shouldn't matter. The TC startup script will ignore it and
> >>>
> >>>build
> >>>
> >>>>its own. Have you tried deploying the standard-examples.war application
> >>>
> >>>that
> >>>
> >>>>comes with the JSTL distribution? Have you modified either your TC or JDK
> >>>>install? For example, by adding or removing JAR files, perhaps for XML
> >>>
> >>>parsers?
> >>>
> >>>>Quoting Anna Lissa Saupan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>My current server has the following environment:
> >>>>>Tomcat Version => Apache Tomcat/5.0.12
> >>>>>JVM Version => 1.4.2-b28
> >>>>>JVM Vendor => Sun Microsystems Inc.
> >>>>>Redhat Linux 9
> >>>>>   OS Name => Linux
> >>>>>   OS Version => 2.4.20-8
> >>>>>   OS Architecture => i386
> >>>>>Tag Library => 1.1
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Profile setup (selected):
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$JAVA_HOME/lib/*.jar:$JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/*.jar:$AXISCLASSPATH
> >>>
> >>AXISCLASSPATH=$AXIS_LIB/axis.jar:$AXIS_LIB/commons-discovery.jar:$AXIS_LIB/commons-logging.jar:$AXIS_LIB/jaxrpc.jar:$AXIS_LIB/saaj.jar:$AXIS_LIB/log4j-1.2.8.jar:$CATALINA_HOME/common/endorsed/xercesImpl.jar:$CATALINA_HOME/common/endorsed/xml-apis.jar:$CATALINA_HOME/common/endorsed/xmlParserAPIs.jar:$AXIS_LIB/wsdl4j.jar:$CATALINA_HOME/common/lib/activation.jar
> >>
> >>>>>servlet-api.jar can be found in <CATALINA_HOME>/common/lib 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>I'm trying to run JSP applications that uses JSTL but I get this error
> >>>>>all the time.  I get the same error even while running the simplest
> >>>
> >>>JSTL
> >>>
> >>>>>application.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Here is the Server Error that I get:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>HTTP Status 500 - 
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>________________________________________________________________________
> >>>
> >>>>>type Exception report
> >>>>>
> >>>>>message
> >>>>>
> >>>>>description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented
> >>>>>it from fulfilling this request.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>exception
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>javax.servlet.ServletException:
> >>>>>javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagLibraryValidator
> >>>>> org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:256)
> >>>>> javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>root cause
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
> >>>>>javax/servlet/jsp/tagext/TagLibraryValidator
> >>>>> java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method)
> >>>>> java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:537)
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>   java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:123)
> >>>
> >>>>> java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:251)
> >>>>> java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:55)
> >>>>> java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:194)
> >>>>> java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
> >>>>> java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:187)
> >>>>> java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:289)
> >>>>> java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:235)
> >>>>> java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:302)
> >>>>> java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method)
> >>>>> java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:537)
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>   java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:123)
> >>>
> >>>>> java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:251)
> >>>>> java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:55)
> >>>>> java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:194)
> >>>>> java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
> >>>>> java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:187)
> >>>>> java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:289)
> >>>>> java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:282)
> >>>>> sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:274)
> >>>>> java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:235)
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1278)
> >>
> >>org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1212)
> >>
> >>org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagLibraryInfoImpl.createValidator(TagLibraryInfoImpl.java:654)
> >>
> >>org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagLibraryInfoImpl.parseTLD(TagLibraryInfoImpl.java:293)
> >>
> >>>   org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagLibraryInfoImpl.(TagLibraryInfoImpl.java:204)
> >>>
> >>>   org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseTaglibDirective(Parser.java:460)
> >>>
> >>>>> org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseDirective(Parser.java:525)
> >>>>> org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:1625)
> >>>>> org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:173)
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>   org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:247)
> >>>
> >>>   org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:149)
> >>>
> >>>   org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:135)
> >>>
> >>>>> org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:243)
> >>>>> org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:451)
> >>>>> org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:437)
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>   org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:555)
> >>>
> >>>   org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:291)
> >>>
> >>>   org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:301)
> >>>
> >>>>> org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:248)
> >>>>> javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Tomcat
> >>>>>logs.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>************
> >>>>>************
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Thanks.
> > 
> > 
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