hi
why do not u try this statment inyour jsp?
getServletContext().getInitParameter("<the parameter name as given in
web.xml>");
this statement will just retrieve the value of the parameter name u set in
the web.xml.
good luck
sat
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From: "neal cabage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 4:40 AM
Subject: global.asa -> Web.xml
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> 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.
>
>
>
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