Been troubleshooting for 3 days: Servlet doesn't work

I am new to JSP/Servlet scene but I have been in I.T field for good couple of years.
For the end of me - I cannot run HELLO WORLD servlet on Tomcat 7

I been suspecting that its illconfigured web.xml file - hence I have tried many HELLO WORLD servlet and they don't work either

Although builtin example works.

For code + exact error details - lets just say this one is exactly describing my issue but it is not working: http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread186788.html

I can compile it successfully and I can open it through tomcat.

I have tried importing WAR files - doesn't work
Created new files - doesn't work
Copied other people's project - doesn't work

Any help is appreciated.

Note - this is local development environment. A lot of time it is not connected to internet either. Security is not a concern.

Hi,

If the address in your browser is some thing like this http://localhost:8084/myservlet. This url would like this if you are using Netbeans IDE.

Then changing the code in your jsp from <FORM action="/myServlet" method="GET"> to

<FORM action="[YOUR PROJECT NAME]/myServlet" method="GET">

will help you call your servlet

Binu Narayanan

"it doesn't work" is not a helpful problem description - see ItDoesntWorkIsUseless and TellTheDetails.

You could also check out how the examples in the "servlets-examples" web app work that comes with Tomcat.

^ LOL

As I mentioned in my original post (see the link for details of code + error) - My problem is EXACTLY the same.

but my solution is not.

@Binu - I will try that and report back on Monday.

"Prince Ms", please check your private messages for an important administrative matter. Thanks.

In that link, they also tell that the problem is solved.. Can, you please tell the exact details of your problem.. I wonder why can't you tell your problem with your code here, instead of showing us the link.. this also helps to get more responses to your question..

Have you tried by dropping the "/" in the Form action? I think this will work...

If you want, in my signature there is a tutorial for hello world with servlet.

It might help you.

Thanks everyone. Mark this as resolved.

Removed all tomcat(s). Reinstalled tomcat 7. Checked all paths. Recreated all files from scratch in notepad (no copy paste). Working now.

[Although Servlet are more powerful - I prefer Microsoft ASP, you end up spending more time in developing solution than learning / troubleshooting :s ]