Thanks all for your help. It's quite embarrassing, but my problem was that I had "<context" (with a lower case c) instead of "<Context" (with a upper case C)...
So Tomcat was simply ignoring my context file... 2008/7/8 Caldarale, Charles R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> From: Jean-François Ménard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: Problem with Context Parameters >> >> Context file (conf/Catalina/localhost/app.xml: >> <Context path="app"> >> <Parameter name ="paramInContext" value="ParamValue" /> >> </Context> > > Just a side note: the path attribute is not allowed in the above scenario; > the name of the .xml file defines the URL path to the webapp. > > - 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]