Error compiling my first servlet

Greetings:

I have just installed Tomcat 5.5 on my Windows XP notebook and I am trying to compile my first servlet -- the beerApp in HFSJ. The Java compiler complains that it can't find the javax.servlet.* and javax.servlet.http packages.

I found the FAQ on JavaRanch about setting CLASSPATH to TOMCAT_INSTALL_DIRECTORY/common/lib/servlet-api.jar, which in my case is ...

C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_07\bin;c:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\common\lib\servlet-api.jar

A few things:

- I still get the same compiler error - even after rebooting

- When I enter the PATH command in the DOS shell, it does not show the same CLASSPATH setting I made in Control Panel -> System -> Environmental Variables. Are PATH and CLASSPATH the same? DOS doesn't seem to recognize CLASSPATH

- Does my CLASSPATH look at least plausable?

c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_07\bin;c:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\common\lib\servlet-api.jar

Thanks, -Brad

Somewhere on this site there is a nice description of how to install JDK and the PATH and CLASSPATH. path and classpath are for different purposes. path is for the OS to find commands, classpath is for the jvm to find classes.
Your classpath looks reasonable.

Have a look at this FAQ page.

Remove c:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\common\lib\servlet-api.jar from the PATH, it doesn't belong there.

Also, remove c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_07\bin; from the CLASSPATH.

PATH and CLASSPATH are two different things. PATH is used by the operating system to find executable files. CLASSPATH is for Java only, and is used to find Java classes. To see what either of those environment variables is set to, type:

set PATH

or

set CLASSPATH

in the Windows command prompt window.
[ August 30, 2008: Message edited by: Jesper Young ]