I guess Tomcat complies too, at least on my expierence. The error ocurrs when the jsp gets converted into servlet code:
<%=blah();%> into out.write(blah();); // servlet code ... therefore the semicolon should be omitted for the servlet to be compiled normally... greetings Jose On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 10:50:52AM -0800, Julius Davies wrote: > > Phillip Qin, > > I only use semicolons in "<% %>" and "<%! %>", but never in "<%= %>". Weblogic >refuses to compile my jsps when I put semicolons in "<%= %>". Tomcat and JRun don't >seem to mind, though, and so since this is a Tomcat mailing list, I guess you're >correct. > > <% > String blah = "hello"; > %> > > <%-- NO SEMI-COLON: --%> > <%= blah %> > > <%-- SEMI-COLON REQUIRED: --%> > <% out.println( blah ); %> > > > Julius Davies, Programmer, CUCBC > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ph: 604.730.6385 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:pqin@;shareowner.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:40 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: compile error? > > > > > > Missing = at the beginning and ; at the end. > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Phillip Qin > > > > Software Developer > > Canadian Shareowner > > 121 Richmond Street W, 7th Floor > > Toronto, ON M5H 2K1 > > (416) 595-9600 ext 291 > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>