NEWBIE: JSP Taglib Problem

[Nathan Johnson]

I am trying to write my first Custom TagLib, however when I point my browser to the jsp file that uses the TagLib I get this error message:
: Parse Error in the tag library descriptor: External entity not found: "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-jsptaglibrary_1.2.dtd".
and then it forces me to go online to net even with Tomcat(3.3a) running.
Here is the part of the TLD file that calls this,
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE taglib PUBLIC
"-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JSP Tag Library 1.2//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-jsptaglibrary_1.2.dtd">
from what I understand this required for all JSP 1.2 TLD files!
I would be most grateful if someone would kindly explain what is happening here!

[Carl Trusiak]

Yes, the DTD is required for each JSP 1.2 Tag-lib you write. But, you also need a server that can handle JSP 1.2. Tomcat 3.3 is for JSP 1.1. You need Tomcat 4.0.x to run JSP 1.2.

[Nathan Johnson]

Thanks Carl!
That explains that! I'll download and install Tomcat 4.0 later!
Hopefully uninstalling Tomcat 3.3a will be as easy as the installation!
Many thanks once again!
Nathan!

[Nathan Johnson]

Thanks Carl!
That worked!