I would suggest to look at %TOMCAT_HOME%/logs/jasper.log - it will
show you the classpath its using for each request, although it sounds like
the jar isn't in the right place - you need to put it into
webapp/WEB-INF/lib folder and its name must end in .jar.
Randy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lund, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 9:13 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: NoClassDefFoundError
>
>
> OK, to start I'll admit that I'm a Tomcat newbie. I have
> looked over the FAQ
> and the list archives, and haven't really found anything that
> has helped, so
> here goes.
>
> I am getting a NoClassDefFoundError exception from a servlet,
> even though
> the specified class is most certainly in a jar file in the
> /lib directory of
> the web application.
>
> I want to avoid putting the jar file in the system classpath,
> if at all
> possible. Any thoughts on where I should point my investigation?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Kevin Lund
>