Hi Donie, The second half of this is you need to know how to access it:
try { Context initCtx = new InitialContext(); String foo = (String)(context.lookup ("java:comp/env/foo")); } catch (NamingException exc) { // oops } Regards, Mathew -- Mathew Pole Web Architect, Gerard Industries email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:mathew.pole@;clipsal.com.au> www: http://www.clipsal.com <http://www.clipsal.com> & http://www.custompress.com.au <http://www.custompress.com.au> phone: 08 8269 0511 ext 313, fax: 08 8340 1212, mobile: 0403 164 617 > Hi Donie, > > You can define a variable in the global web.xml (in conf directory). > This variable should be available to all your applications. > This should > come at the end of the $TOMCAT_HOME/conf/web.xml file. > > Though I have not used and tested this (I use for a single > application > in application specific web.xml) I feel it should work. > > <env-entry> > <description>some description</description> > <env-entry-name>foo</env-entry-name> > <env-entry-value>bar</env-entry-value> > <env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type> > </env-entry> > > Raj -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>