Hello Jeff, Try this as the top line in web.xml file.
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee web-app_2_4.xsd" version="2.4"> all other declaraqtions </web-app> Simon -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Ousley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 4:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: jstl not working when i use a web.xml file Hello! 1st of all, b gentle w/ me...i'm just getting into this stuff. i'm trying to use jstl stuff in a webapp on jakarta 5.0.27. i created my directory in webapps and placed the two .jar files in the WEB-INF/lib directory. from there, i just copied the SimpleRange.jsp file from the examples into my webapps directory. i then stop and restart jakarta and run the page. it works great! i get this returned: Simple Range Iteration 1 to 10 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 * 6 * 7 * 8 * 9 * 10 * however, if i create any sort of web.xml file inside WEB-INF for my webapp (at least the variations i tried), the page does not work properly. i created a very simple empty web.xml file like this: <web-app> </web-app> anyway, with a web.xml file present, i get the following when trying to run the page (after starting and stopping): Simple Range Iteration 1 to 10 ${i} * ${i} * ${i} * ${i} * ${i} * ${i} * ${i} * ${i} * ${i} * ${i} * what in the world am i doing wrong? also (unrelated) how do i force a recompile of my pages? thanks! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTICE: This email contains privileged and confidential information and is intended only for the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this transmission by mistake and delete this communication from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secured or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. AVIS: Le présent courriel contient des renseignements de nature privilégiée et confidentielle et n’est destiné qu'à la personne à qui il est adressé. Si vous n’êtes pas le destinataire prévu, vous êtes par les présentes avisés que toute diffusion, distribution ou reproduction de cette communication est strictement interdite. Si vous avez reçu ce courriel par erreur, veuillez en aviser immédiatement l’expéditeur et le supprimer de votre système. Notez que la transmission de courriel ne peut en aucun cas être considéré comme inviolable ou exempt d’erreur puisque les informations qu’il contient pourraient être interceptés, corrompues, perdues, détruites, arrivées en retard ou incomplètes ou contenir un virus. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]