In your web.xml file: <context-param> <param-name>city_name</param-name> <param-value>NY</param-value> </context-param>
In your JSP City: <%= application.getInitParameter("session-expired-page")%> On Monday 15 December 2003 02:40 pm, you wrote: > I'm trying to do something as simple as define global constants for my JSP > application. In ASP there is a Global.asa file and the closest thing in JSP > is of course the web.xml file. I defined a value in my web.xml file and > assumed I could retrieve it using the following line: > > String test = (String) new InitialContext().getAttribute("html.basepath"); > > I've done something similar for Datasources that works just fine but for > some reason tyring to retrieve a basic String in a similar manner doesn't > work. > > Can someone please tell me what I am missing? > > Thanks. > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]