cant create an HttpServletRequest object

[KOla Oyedeji]

Hi
I am trying to create a class which has a reference to the request object, however in my class i can create a variable of type
javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
even if i try to import the above class i get the following error:
package javax.servlet.http does not exist
i checked my class path and i have the following:
;E:\tomcat4118\common\lib\servlet.jar which is a valid path
any suggestions?
Thanks

[Sam Dalton]

That looks like it should work to me. The servlet.jar must be in your CLASSPATH variable as you have it.... perhaps you could try to compile using teh classpath explicitly:
javac -classpath E:\tomcat4118\common\lib\servlet.jar MyClass.java
Cheers
Sam

[KOla Oyedeji]

Hi
I tried it again just now before trying your suggestion and it works. It would seem on windows 2000 that changes to the class path do not take effect immediatly perhaps i needed to reboot the pc or log on and then off. Is this normal?
Anyway thanks