problems about "web.xml"

details in my webm.xml is
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<servlet>
<servlet-name>InitialServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>Initialize.InitialServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>InitialServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
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to start my web application
i type "http://127.0.0.1:8080/myProject/"

then it will call Initialize.InitialServlet to start my web app
(because i use <url-pattern>/ ("/" means root,isn't it?)

then i found one problem that
my pictures and my css can't be found ( can't be call )

so i tried to call pictures directly such as
"http://127.0.0.1:8080/myProject/images/myButton.jpg"

instead of showing "myButton.jpg" on the screen,it send me to
"http://127.0.0.1:8080/myProject/"
and run "Initialize.InitialServlet"

i don't know how to fix this problem
is anything wrong with my logic???
thanks pal
[ January 10, 2006: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

Rather than trying to map "/" -- not a good idea as you have discovered -- I'd add the servlet (using a more reasonable mapping) the the welcome-file list so that "/" will invoke it.
[ January 10, 2006: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

thanks
yes,if i change the first servlet into something else such as
"<url-pattern>/home</url-pattern>"

then "http://127.0.0.1:8080/myProject/home"

errors will not occured

but my manager said that he want to type only
"http://127.0.0.1:8080/myProject/" when start the web application

so that i tried to fix the problem while i still type only
"http://127.0.0.1:8080/myProject/"

help me please,thanks

instead of using <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
use <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>

This will solve your problem

Originally posted by Karn Sadyapongse:

but my manager said that he want to type only
"http://127.0.0.1:8080/myProject/" when start the web application

Read what I wrote again.

Originally posted by Karn Sadyapongse:
thanks
yes,if i change the first servlet into something else such as
"<url-pattern>/home</url-pattern>"

then "http://127.0.0.1:8080/myProject/home"

errors will not occured

but my manager said that he want to type only
"http://127.0.0.1:8080/myProject/" when start the web application

so that i tried to fix the problem while i still type only
"http://127.0.0.1:8080/myProject/"

help me please,thanks

As Bear said, use welcome-file-list tag.

Originally posted by Abhinit Saxena:
instead of using <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
use <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>

This will solve your problem

False.
This will not solve the problem.
You don't want to overide the default servlet handling for requests to static resources.

Read Bear's solution.