Hi, if Iunderstood corectly you have a seperate application that you want change its welcome page. You should put the prefferred welcome page in the applications web.xml ex. <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file>prefferredfile.xql</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list> This is the default way of doing this in web apps I hope Ive helped
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kor Kiley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <users@tomcat.apache.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 4:29 PM Subject: Re: Switching default index page from xml to xql > Charles, > > Thank you for your response. > > This isn't the default application. It's an application called eXist. > Here's a short description straight from the eXist web site: > > "eXist is an Open Source native XML database featuring efficient, > index-based XQuery <http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery/> processing, automatic > indexing, extensions for full-text search, XUpdate > <http://www.smb-tec.com/xmldb/xupdate/index.html> support, XQuery update > extensions <http://tortui.uvm.edu:8080/exist/update_ext.xml> and tight > integration with existing XML development tools. The database implements > the current XQuery 1.0 working drafts, with exception of the schema > import and schema validation features defined as optional in the XQuery > specification." > > The default eXist welcome page is index.xml. The media librarian > working on the project has created an index.xql which she would like to > be the welcome page. The page itself works fine but we don't know how > to make it execute, by default, instead of an index.xml or index.jsp, etc. > > Kor > > > Caldarale, Charles R wrote: > >> From: Kor Kiley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: Switching default index page from xml to xql > >> > >> I want to change the default index for my tomcat welcome > >> page from an index.xml file to an index.xql file. > >> > > > > Do you really mean index.jsp? There is no index.xml in the default ROOT > > webapp. Also note the following comment in the default ROOT/index.jsp: > > > > "NOTE:</b> This page is precompiled. If you change it, this page will > > not change since it was compiled into a servlet at build time. (See > > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/web.xml as to how it was mapped.)" > > > > - Chuck > > > > > > THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY > > MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you > > received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail > > and its attachments from all computers. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > Kor Kiley > UVM Libraries Systems > Bailey/Howe Library > University of Vermont > (802)656-8290 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]