Hi,
My JSP file is in Root/webapps and my class file and java file is in ROOT/webapps/WEB-INF/classes....now in my jsp my HTML tag is
<form action="/connectToDatabase" method="post>
now i m getting http 404 error saying that it cannot find the file. i tried all kind of paths but cant seem to work......what should i do? my tomcat is 5.5.9...your reply would be appreciated">
First thing, your class needs to be in a package. Classes in the "unnamed" package are no longer accessible from Tomcat.
package mypackage;
public class MyClass { ...
would then compile to: /WEB-INF/classes/mypackage/MyClass.class
How are you trying to call this class?
First of all thank you jgalacambra, evnafets and ketson for replying.
Now according to your instructions i have placed the servlet in the package myPackage. i have also declared the servlet in web.xml...now my servlet is in WEB-INF/classes/myPackage/ConnectionToDatabase.class
my JSP is in webapps/ROOT directory..
i m calling the servlet from this JSP and the code for it is
<form action="/myPackage/ConnectionToDatabase" method="post">
still i m getting the error stating
http 404 error
part of your web.xml should at lest look like this:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>MyServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>myPackage.MyServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>MyServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/myServlet</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
calling upon the servlet is (assuming tomcat):
http://localhost/myapp/myServlet
> i m calling the servlet from this JSP and the code
> for it is
>
> <form action="/myPackage/ConnectionToDatabase"
> method="post">
>
the value of the action attribute should correspond to whatever you have included in your url-mapping element as stated in the reply by jcalambra...
there is no need for you to have /mypackage/ConnectionToDatabase...
if <url mapping>/Servlet</url=mapping>
then in your form, you should only have
<form action="/Servlet"as opposed to...
form action="/myPackage/ConnectionToDatabase"
i think thats where the problem resides.. the web.xml needs to be properly configured and the form attributes changed to reflect the new values...
hope this helps>
Thank you Ketson and jgalacambra for helping me out....i m getting null pointer exception but i will solve that problem...main thing is atleast now its calling the servlet...thank you i previoulsy changed the web.xml and declared the servlet but didnt write the <servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>MyServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/myServlet</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
option..
Please keep up the good work and appreciate for your help
