> >
> > in testing several containers including Tomcat 3.1.1, i was unable to
> > get a null ( where a test for null would have been, um, desirable ), nor
> > did it appear that the presence or absence of a leading "/" made any
> > difference.
> >
>
> Sounds like a bug in 3.1.1. But it's unlikely anyone is going to bend
> over backwards to fix it -- Tomcat 3.2 was released nine months ago
> (current version is 3.2.3), and Tomcat 4.0 will be released as soon as the
> servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2 specs go final (real soon now).
>
Amy is correct - Tomcat 4.0b7 appears to return the expected results.
Tomcat 3.2.3, however, appears to exhibit the same behaviour as 3.1.1,
so...
