This is the wrong list! But why do you use backslash within the path from the form? Try slash instead. regards Dietmar Cyndi Rader <crader@xxxxxxxxx> am 29.09.2005 00:15:13 Bitte antworten an users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx An: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Kopie: Thema: [users@httpd] Tomcat 3.2.3 vs Tomcat 5.5.9 issue Hi, I recently downloaded Tomcat 5.5.9 on a Windows XP machine and moved a small servlet application from 3.2.3 to it. This is actually an example from a textbook. Unfortunately the servlet will not run under 5.5.9. The web.xml file entries for this servlet are: <servlet> <servlet-name>welcome1</servlet-name> <description> A simple servlet that handles an HTTP get request. </description> <servlet-class> com.deitel.advjhtp1.servlets.WelcomeServlet </servlet-class> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>welcome1</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/welcome1</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> The html form that calls this includes the following: <form action = "\advjhtp1\welcome1" method = "get"> My directory structure includes: <inst-dir> <webapps> <advjhtp1> <WEB-INF> web.xml <classes> <com deitel etc.> WelcomeServlet.class The message I get when I try to run is Status 404, the requested resource is not available. As I said, I copied the advjhtp1 directory from webapps under a 3.2.3 Tomcat installation, where it ran fine. So I'm wondering what the difference might be? FYI, I did have to recompile the class, because it first gave the message com.deitel.advjhtp1.servlets.WelcomeServlet is not a Servlet. So I recompiled using the servlet-api.jar file under Tomcat5.5\common\lib, which resolved the "not a Servlet" issue, but left the status 404 code. The servlet itself basically just prints "Welcome to Servlets". Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx