Hi, I am using Tomcat 4.0. The problem I am having is that I can't get the root context relative to my web site, as in the format www.domainname.com/, to point to my own servlet AND still use the "default servlet" to handle file extensions which my servlet does not cater for. I either have to add some text to the URLs I use as in the format www.domainname.com/main/ or I have to take over all the responsibilities of the default servlet myself.
The latter is obviously not what I would choose, but neither do I want someone to have to type www.domainname.com/main/, and it seems to me the only other option is to use welcome files. Unfortunately, this seems to require a file such as index.html but I want the first contact with my web site to be through my servlet so I can establish whether the user has cookies switched on and so I can dynamically customise the first page made visible. I have tried mappings such as the following in my web.xml, to no avail: <servlet-name>mainservlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>*.html</url-pattern> <servlet-name>mainservlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>*.htm</url-pattern> Maybe I have missed some documentation somewhere, but I really would appreciate some help. Thanks in advance, Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
