Tomcat comes with extensive examples of JSP and taglib. Study those examples. Download the servlet API and JSP API from java.sun.com. Study the information on deployment. Be sure you match the API that your tomcat is using, 3.2 uses the servlet 2.2, JSP 1.1 - Tomcat 4.0 uses the servlet 2.3 JSP 1.2 Bill ------------------ author of: