bean compilation problem

I will try to give the precise details of the problem..

I'm trying to use the standard UserData class in the tutorial, I have placed this file, UserData.class, in several folders including the ROOT\WEB-INF\classes folder

Here is my CLASSPATH: .;..;C:\Tomcat 5.5\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_06\bin

the errors:

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP

An error occurred at line: 1 in the jsp file: /SaveName.jsp
Generated servlet error:
UserData cannot be resolved to a type

An error occurred at line: 1 in the jsp file: /SaveName.jsp
Generated servlet error:
UserData cannot be resolved to a type

An error occurred at line: 1 in the jsp file: /SaveName.jsp
Generated servlet error:
UserData cannot be resolved to a type

and the line of code causing the problem:

<jsp:useBean id="user" class="UserData" scope="session"/>

<jsp:setProperty name="user" property="*"/>
<HTML>
<BODY>

<A HREF="NextPage.jsp">Continue</A>

</BODY>
</HTML>

I hope you can help me out. Thanks!
[ June 10, 2006: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

I solved it by adding it to a package and changing the class="..." to include the package path. Nothing like spending an hour on this to keep me interested.

Glad you've got it working.

For future reference, there is an entry in the JSP FAQ that covers this.
http://faq.javaranch.com/view?BeansNotFound