getInitParameter not working...

[sean cee]

Hi all,
I have a problem with this method.
I am running my servlet in install-dir/webpages/WEB-INF/servlets/
and have servlets.properties in install-dir/webpages/WEB-INF/ but
my Servlet doesn't read initialization values. I dont' know why.
I thought I set up all the CLASSPATH and PATH right..
Can you think of anything?
Thanks

[Carl Trusiak]

You need to find out what directory is the actual working directory for your servlet. It's not always obvious. Put a debug printout in your servlet to tell you this info. You obtain it using System.getProperty("user.dir"). Then ensure your property file is place in the directory it shows.
Hope this helps