Hi,
I'm trying to get Tomcat to work with my servlets.
I'm using my own directory under $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/ called "search" (I added the search directory to the server.xml file - this works fine)
I have WEB-INF, lib and classes directories, with my test servlet in the classes directory called "StaffLoginServlet.class" which is supposed to get called from"admlogin.html" in the $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/search/ directory.


However i get a 404 message from Tomcat saying it can't find it:
description The requested resource (/search/servlet/StaffLoginServlet) is not available.

I have a web.xml in the search/WEB-INF directory:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<!DOCTYPE web-app
PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_3.dtd">

<web-app>
</web-app>
i didn't specify the servlet as i don't think i would need to (as it's not under a package), but even if i specify it didn't work.

i've read all docs, no help, and i need help quick.
please help me so you can turn into

I can't remember how to get Tomcat running, but if you don't get much help here, you might want to try www.javaranch.com

It's a java site, but there is a forum for configuring Tomcat, if I recall correctly.

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES I DID IT
the problem was the URL pattern

so i put this: <servlet-name>StaffLoginServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>StaffLoginServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>StaffLoginServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/servlet/StaffLoginServlet</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

now it finds it!!!
i get a 500 error now, but that's a problem for another day
appreciate your help