Thanks David,
After copied the jstl and standard dot jar files into the directory: linux:~/tomcat/apache-tomcat-5.5.26/webapps/DBTest/WEB-INF/lib # ls . .. jstl.jar mysql-connector-java-5.1.3-rc-bin.jar standard.jar I got the following different errors: (In line 4, what is jdbc/TestDB? I have database called javatest, and table testdata. Should I rename it to jdbc/javatest? HTTP Status 500 - type Exception report message description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request. exception org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Exception in JSP: /testdb.jsp:4 1: <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql" prefix="sql" %> 2: <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %> 3: 4: <sql:query var="rs" dataSource="jdbc/TestDB"> 5: select id, foo, bar from testdata 6: </sql:query> 7: Stacktrace: org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:451) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:355) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:329) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803) root cause javax.servlet.ServletException: Unable to get connection, DataSource invalid: "org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create JDBC driver of class '' for connect URL 'null'" org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doHandlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:841) org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:774) org.apache.jsp.testdb_jsp._jspService(testdb_jsp.java:82) org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:331) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:329) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803) root cause javax.servlet.jsp.JspException: Unable to get connection, DataSource invalid: "org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create JDBC driver of class '' for connect URL 'null'" org.apache.taglibs.standard.tag.common.sql.QueryTagSupport.getConnection(QueryTagSupport.java:276) org.apache.taglibs.standard.tag.common.sql.QueryTagSupport.doStartTag(QueryTagSupport.java:159) org.apache.jsp.testdb_jsp._jspx_meth_sql_005fquery_005f0(testdb_jsp.java:101) org.apache.jsp.testdb_jsp._jspService(testdb_jsp.java:58) org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:331) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:329) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Smith > Sent: 03/09/08 01:23 am > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Can't execute servlet project > > Download the binary zip file and expand it. Within it is a lib > directory with just standard.jar and jstl.jar. > > --David > > sam wun wrote: > > I just went to the website , very confused. > > > > The taglib file is not a jar file. they are binary or source file. > > > > And I couldn't find standard.jar file either. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: David Smith > >> Sent: 02/09/08 11:44 pm > >> To: Tomcat Users List > >> Subject: Re: Can't execute servlet project > >> > >> Hmmm... good question. I moved over to Maven and don't manually > >> download these any more. This looks like it should do the trick: > >> > >> Try > >> > http://jakarta.apache.org/site/downloads/downloads_taglibs-standard.cgi > >> > >> --David > >> > >> sam wun wrote: > >> > >>> Hi David, > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> No, I don't have this 2 jar files in the common/lib/ directory. > >>> > >>> where can I download it from? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> Sam > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>> From: David Smith > >>>> Sent: 02/09/08 10:39 pm > >>>> To: Tomcat Users List > >>>> Subject: Re: Can't execute servlet project > >>>> > >>>> Do you have jstl.jar and standard.jar in your WEB-INF/lib directory? > >>>> > >>>> --David > >>>> > >>>> sam wun wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> I have added testdb.jsp in the following path in Suse linux (the > >>>>> > >> tomcat > >> > >>>>> server): > >>>>> > >>>>> /tomcat/apache-tomcat-5.5.26/webapps/DBTest/ > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> The content of the testdb.jsp code is: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql" prefix="sql" %> > >>>>> <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %> > >>>>> > >>>>> <sql:query var="rs" dataSource="jdbc/TestDB"> > >>>>> select FIRST_NAME from DBTest.Customer > >>>>> </sql:query> > >>>>> > >>>>> <html> > >>>>> <head> > >>>>> <title>DB Test</title> > >>>>> </head> > >>>>> <body> > >>>>> > >>>>> <h2>Results</h2> > >>>>> > >>>>> <c:forEach var="row" items="${rs.rows}"> > >>>>> Foo ${row.foo}<br/> > >>>>> Bar ${row.bar}<br/> > >>>>> </c:forEach> > >>>>> > >>>>> </body> > >>>>> </html> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> when I execute url 10.1.9.1:8080/testdb.jsp in firefox web browser, > >>>>> > >> it > >> > >>>>> shown the following error: > >>>>> > >>>>> HTTP Status 500 - > >>>>> > >>>>> type Exception report > >>>>> > >>>>> message > >>>>> > >>>>> description The server encountered an internal error () that > >>>>> > >> prevented > >> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> it > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> from fulfilling this request. > >>>>> > >>>>> exception org.apache.jasper.JasperException: The absolute uri: > >>>>> http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql cannot be resolved in either > web.xml > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> or > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> the jar files deployed with this application > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> > org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:51) > >> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> > org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:409) > >> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> > org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:116) > >> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> > org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagLibraryInfoImpl.generateTLDLocation(TagLibraryInfoImpl.java:317) > >> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> > org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagLibraryInfoImpl.<init>(TagLibraryInfoImpl.java:148) > >> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> > org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseTaglibDirective(Parser.java:424) > >> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseDirective(Parser.java:493) > >>>>> > >>>>> org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:1557) > >>>>> org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:127) > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> > org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.doParse(ParserController.java:212) > >> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> > org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:101) > >> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:156) > >>>>> org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:296) > >>>>> org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:277) > >>>>> org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:265) > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> > org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:564) > >> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> > org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:302) > >> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> > org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:329) > >> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265) > >>>>> > >>>>> Here is the web.xml file I got: > >>>>> > >>>>> (in the path /tomcat/apache-tomcat-5.5.26/webapps/DBTest/WEB-INF/) > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > >>>>> <web-app id="WebApp_ID" version="2.4" > >>>>> xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" > >>>>> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" > >>>>> xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee > >>>>> http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"> > >>>>> <display-name> > >>>>> DBTest</display-name> > >>>>> <servlet> > >>>>> <description> > >>>>> Create customer servlet</description> > >>>>> <display-name> > >>>>> CreateCustomerServlet</display-name> > >>>>> > >>>>> <servlet-name>CreateCustomerServlet</servlet-name> > >>>>> <servlet-class> > >>>>> > >>>>> servlet.CreateCustomerServlet</servlet-class> > >>>>> </servlet> > >>>>> <servlet-mapping> > >>>>> > >>>>> <servlet-name>CreateCustomerServlet</servlet-name> > >>>>> > >>>>> <url-pattern>/CreateCustomerServlet</url-pattern> > >>>>> </servlet-mapping> > >>>>> <welcome-file-list> > >>>>> <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file> > >>>>> <welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file> > >>>>> <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file> > >>>>> <welcome-file>default.html</welcome-file> > >>>>> <welcome-file>default.htm</welcome-file> > >>>>> <welcome-file>default.jsp</welcome-file> > >>>>> </welcome-file-list> > >>>>> <resource-ref> > >>>>> > >>>>> <description>DB Connection</description> > >>>>> > >>>>> <res-ref-name>jdbc/TestDB</res-ref-name> > >>>>> > >>>>> <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type> > >>>>> > >>>>> <res-auth>Container</res-auth> > >>>>> </resource-ref> > >>>>> </web-app> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks > >>>>> > >>>>> Sam > >>>>> > >>>>> javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803) > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>>> From: Martin Gainty > >>>>>> Sent: 28/08/08 10:07 pm > >>>>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>> Subject: RE: Can't execute servlet project > >>>>>> > >>>>>> david's advice is correct.. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> configure ./META-INF/ApplicationContext.xml > >>>>>> <Context path="/DBTest" docBase="DBTest" > >>>>>> debug="5" reloadable="true" crossContext="true"> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> <!-- maxActive: Maximum number of dB connections in pool. Make > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> sure > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>> you > >>>>>> configure your mysqld max_connections large enough to > >>>>>> > >> handle > >> > >>>>>> all of your db connections. Set to 0 for no limit. > >>>>>> --> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> <!-- maxIdle: Maximum number of idle dB connections to retain > in > >>>>>> pool. > >>>>>> Set to -1 for no limit. See also the DBCP documentation > on > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> this > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>> and the minEvictableIdleTimeMillis configuration > parameter. > >>>>>> --> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> <!-- maxWait: Maximum time to wait for a dB connection to > become > >>>>>> available > >>>>>> in ms, in this example 10 seconds. An Exception is thrown > >>>>>> > >> if > >> > >>>>>> this timeout is exceeded. Set to -1 to wait > indefinitely. > >>>>>> --> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> <!-- username and password: MySQL dB username and password for > >>>>>> > >> dB > >> > >>>>>> connections --> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> <!-- driverClassName: Class name for the old mm.mysql JDBC > >>>>>> > >> driver > >> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> is > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>> org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver - we recommend using Connector/J > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> though. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>> Class name for the official MySQL Connector/J driver is > >>>>>> com.mysql.jdbc.Driver. > >>>>>> --> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> <!-- url: The JDBC connection url for connecting to your MySQL > >>>>>> > >> dB. > >> > >>>>>> The autoReconnect=true argument to the url makes sure > that > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> the > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>> mm.mysql JDBC Driver will automatically reconnect if > mysqld > >>>>>> closed the > >>>>>> connection. mysqld by default closes idle connections > >>>>>> > >> after > >> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> 8 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>> hours. > >>>>>> --> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> <Resource name="jdbc/TestDB" auth="Container" > >>>>>> type="javax.sql.DataSource" > >>>>>> maxActive="100" maxIdle="30" maxWait="10000" > >>>>>> username="javauser" password="javadude" > >>>>>> driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" > >>>>>> > >>>>>> url="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/javatest?autoReconnect=true"/> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> </Context> > >>>>>> //sub in the username and password for the DB > >>>>>> also in /WEB-INF/web.xml you would need this entry > >>>>>> <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" > >>>>>> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" > >>>>>> xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee > >>>>>> http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" > >>>>>> version="2.4"> > >>>>>> <description>MySQL Test App</description> > >>>>>> <resource-ref> > >>>>>> <description>DB Connection</description> > >>>>>> <res-ref-name>jdbc/TestDB</res-ref-name> > >>>>>> <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type> > >>>>>> <res-auth>Container</res-auth> > >>>>>> </resource-ref> > >>>>>> </web-app> > >>>>>> then put in this test code changing : > >>>>>> DBNAME to the name of your Database > >>>>>> TABLE to the name of the table in DBNAME you want to query > >>>>>> COLUMN for the specific attribute to query > >>>>>> <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql" prefix="sql" %> > >>>>>> <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> <sql:query var="rs" dataSource="jdbc/TestDB"> > >>>>>> select COLUMN from DBNAME.TABLE > >>>>>> </sql:query> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> <html> > >>>>>> <head> > >>>>>> <title>DB Test</title> > >>>>>> </head> > >>>>>> <body> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> <h2>Results</h2> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> <c:forEach var="row" items="${rs.rows}"> > >>>>>> Foo ${row.foo}<br/> > >>>>>> Bar ${row.bar}<br/> > >>>>>> </c:forEach> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> </body> > >>>>>> </html> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> if you need UNICODE support or Character Large Object (strings > > 64k > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> in > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>> length) download JDBC 4 driver > >>>>>> http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.1.html > >>>>>> > >>>>>> personally I am using the 'older' version of MYSQL so I use the > 3.1 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> jar > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>> which you can acquire here > >>>>>> http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j > >>>>>> > >>>>>> location of driver classes: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> is located in $TOMCAT_HOME/common/lib > >>>>>> personally I dont like putting anything in common since it will > >>>>>> > >> affect > >> > >>>>>> all webapps but i usually > >>>>>> place in /WEB-INF/lib > >>>>>> > >>>>>> and please follow david's advice and read the tutorial > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Martin > >>>>>> ______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Disclaimer and confidentiality note > >>>>>> Everything in this e-mail and any attachments relates to the > >>>>>> > >> official > >> > >>>>>> business of Sender. 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Sender does not necessarily endorse content contained > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> within > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>> this transmission. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:02:52 +0200 > >>>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>>> Subject: Re: Re: Can't execute servlet project > >>>>>>> To: users@tomcat.apache.org; users@tomcat.apache.org > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I couldn't find an installation document about installing the > >>>>>>> > >> driver. > >> > >>>>>>> I;ve downloaded the driver: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> linux:~/tomcat/apache-tomcat-5.5.26/common/lib # ls > >>>>>>> mysql-connector-java-5.1.3-rc-bin.jar > >>>>>>> mysql-connector-java-5.1.3-rc-bin.jar > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Do you know how to configure tomcat to make use of it? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Thanks > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Sam > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- > David Smith > Programmer/Analyst > College of Agriculture and Life Sciences > Cornell University > B32 Morrison Hall > Ithaca, NY 14853 > Phone: (607) 255-4521 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >