error compiling a servlet

Hello everyone,

I am getting an error message while compiling a servlet which is package java.servlet does not exist import javax.servlet*;
am using tomcat5.0 and j2sdk1.4-0..
i have set my path in the user variable as follow:
path c:\jdk\bin(i hav renamed the j2sdk)

and in the system variable i have defined:]
CATALINA_HOME C:\java\tomcat-5.0
CLASSPATH C:\CATALINA_HOME\common\lib\servlet-api.jar
JAVA_HOME C:\jdk

please help
xtremely urgent

Hey,
I think u have wriiten there javax.servlet*;
It should be javax.servlet.*;
That's why u are getting error for servlet package does not exist.Try this out,and then tell me.Is it ok...

hello
the above solution is correct but if it is not working then let me know
bye
gaurav

thanks for replying gentleman

i have written the servlet right.i wanted to know if the path and classpath are correct?

It's finding javac so your path is right.

It's not finding the servlet classes so either you haven't written the import statement correctly, as John suggested, or your classpath is not right.

1. i have corrected the errors.however am still not being able to compile.what classpath should i use?

2. in what folder should i put the class files in my tomcat directory?

3. what changes do i have to make in the web.xml file?

(it should be noted that one class files calls for another one which inturn calls for another one)

thanks in aDVANCE

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