I just posted a message concerning a "servlet.jar" file being in
JAVA_HOME\jre\lib\ext - this overrides the classpath - did you check that
directory? If you have a jar file in there - delete otr move it. Also
check your tomcat window to see what exception is being thrown - if any.
----- Original Message -----
From: "shaun hogan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 2:02 PM
Subject: why wont tomcat execute jsps properly for me?
> hi folks,
> im a newbie to tomcat and jsp's but hopefully one of
> ye can help me with my problem,
> when i startup tomcat and go to the jsp examples link
> (http://localhost:8080/examples/jsp/) none of the jsp
> examples (like numguess.jsp) will execute for me and i
> get this error
>
> "There is a problem with the page you are trying to
> reach and it cannot be displayed"
>
> now i bought sams-"teach yourself jsps in 24 hours"
> and it tells me that the reason for this problem is
> that my JAVA_HOME in the tomcat.bat file is not
> pointing to the root of my correct jdk installation.
>
> now, i have jdk1.2.2 installed and the root is
> d:\jdk1.2.2, and it works ok otherwise, i can javac in
> dos properly.
> and the root of my tomcat is c:\tomcat
>
> i think the problem is either with my tomcat.bat or
> autoexec.bat file but i dont know how to correct the
> problem, could someone please take a look at these
> files for me (i have copied them in below) and tell me
> how they are wrong.
> i would be very grateful
>
> c:\autoexec.bat
> ______________________________________________________
> @echo off
> REM [Header]
>
> REM [CD-ROM Drive]
>
> REM [Display]
>
> REM [Sound, MIDI, or Video Capture Card]
> SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T2
> SET SNDSCAPE=C:\WINDOWS
>
> REM [Mouse]
>
> REM [Java Stuff]
> SET CLASSPATH=d:\jdk1.2.2
> SET JAVA_HOME=d:\jdk1.2.2
>
>
> REM [Miscellaneous]
> SET PATH=d:\jdk1.2.2\bin;d:\IMNNQ_95;%PATH%
> SET IMNINSTSRV=d:\IMNNQ_95
> SET TOMCAT_HOME=c:\tomcat
>
> SET IMNINSTSRV=d:\IMNNQ_95
> SET PATH=%PATH%;d:\IMNNQ_95
> ____________________________________________________
>
>
> C:\tomcat\bin\tomcat.bat
> ____________________________________________________
> @echo off
> rem A batch file to start/stop tomcat server.
>
> rem This batch file written and tested under Windows
> NT
> rem Improvements to this file are welcome
>
> rem Guess TOMCAT_HOME if it is not present
>
> if not "%TOMCAT_HOME%" == "" goto gothome
>
> SET TOMCAT_HOME=.
> if exist %TOMCAT_HOME%\bin\tomcat.bat goto gothome
>
> SET TOMCAT_HOME=..
> if exist %TOMCAT_HOME%\bin\tomcat.bat goto gothome
>
> SET TOMCAT_HOME=
> echo Unable to determine the value of TOMCAT_HOME.
> goto eof
>
> :gothome
>
> rem Set up the CLASSPATH that we need
>
> set cp=%CLASSPATH%
>
> set CLASSPATH=.
> set CLASSPATH=%TOMCAT_HOME%\classes
> set
> CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%TOMCAT_HOME%\lib\webserver.jar
> set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%TOMCAT_HOME%\lib\jasper.jar
> set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%TOMCAT_HOME%\lib\xml.jar
> set
> CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%TOMCAT_HOME%\lib\servlet.jar
> SET JAVA_HOME=d:\jdk1.2.2
>
> if "%cp%" == "" goto next
>
> rem else
> set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%cp%
>
> :next
> if "%1" == "start" goto startServer
> if "%1" == "stop" goto stopServer
> if "%1" == "run" goto runServer
> if "%1" == "env" goto setupEnv
> if "%1" == "ant" goto runAnt
> if "%1" == "jspc" goto runJspc
>
> echo Usage:
> echo tomcat (start^|run^|env^|stop)
> echo start - start tomcat in a separate window
> echo run - start tomcat in the current
> window
> echo env - setup the environment for tomcat
> echo stop - stop tomcat
> echo ant - run ant with tomcat context
> echo jspc - run jsp pre compiler
> goto cleanup
>
> :startServer
> echo Starting tomcat in new window
> echo Using classpath: %CLASSPATH%
> start java %TOMCAT_OPTS% -Dtomcat.home="%TOMCAT_HOME%"
> org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8
> %9
> goto cleanup
>
> :runServer
> rem Start the Tomcat Server
> echo Using classpath: %CLASSPATH%
> java %TOMCAT_OPTS% -Dtomcat.home="%TOMCAT_HOME%"
> org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8
> %9
> goto cleanup
>
> :stopServer
> rem Stop the Tomcat Server
> echo Using classpath: %CLASSPATH%
> java %TOMCAT_OPTS% -Dtomcat.home="%TOMCAT_HOME%"
> org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat -stop %2 %3 %4 %5 %6
> %7 %8 %9
> goto cleanup
> goto cleanup
>
> :runAnt
> rem Run ant
> set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%TOMCAT_HOME%\lib\ant.jar
> echo Using classpath: %CLASSPATH%
> java %ANT_OPTS% -Dant.home="%TOMCAT_HOME%"
> -Dtomcat.home="%TOMCAT_HOME%"
> org.apache.tools.ant.Main %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
> goto cleanup
>
> :runJspc
> rem Run ant
> echo Using classpath: %CLASSPATH%
> java %JSPC_OPTS% -Dtomcat.home="%TOMCAT_HOME%"
> org.apache.jasper.JspC %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
> goto cleanup
>
> :setupEnv
> set cp=%CLASSPATH%
>
> :cleanup
> rem clean up
>
> set CLASSPATH=%cp%
> set port=
> set host=
> set test=
> set jsdkJars=
> set jspJars=
> set beanJars=
> set miscJars=
> set appJars=
> set appClassPath=
> set cp=
>
> rem pause
> :eof
> _______________________________________________________
>
>
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