jsp newbie - how to run .jsp

[shree vijay]

Hi,
I have registered myself with mycgiserver.com. I am trying to run a .jsp file which I created in my notepad. I don't have Apache/Tomcat in my machine. I am trying to run in directly in mycgiserver. I did an ftp transfer of c:\my documents\sridevi\jsp\ex1.jsp to my root in mycgiserver. I know that .jsp has to become .java and .class to run. How does that happen? I tried to load www.mycgiserver.com/servlet/shree.ex1 and it doesn't work. (500 Servlet exception) For that matter, even HelloWorld pgm gives the same exception. Is there anything I am missing?
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Regards,
Shree

[Sean Casey]

I think you may have to contact those people to find out where you specifically should put the jsp files. I use tomcat on my own machine along with apache, and I have to put my jsp and servlets in specific directories for the server to recognize them and do what it has to do. I'm not sure how to solve your problem exactly.
Sorry,
Sean

[William Brogden]

A JSP page is placed in the same directory as normal HTML pages - you point your browser at it just like a normal HTML page.
The conversion to a Java servlet and execution are done by the servlet container "transparently". If you have any support classes, such as Java beans, you must put those classes in the normal servlet directory. As Sean says, you should contact the server tech support to find out what their convention is.
Bill

[Tony Alicea]

"I know that .jsp has to become .java and .class to run. How does that happen?"
This happens automatically in the app server (mycgiserver.com) the first time a JSP is requested by a client. You don't have to do more than place the JSP on the correct DIR in the server.
Some servers compile a new JSP the moment they detect it to speed up the first delivery of the JSP that is requested.
For servlets in mycgiserver.com, they all have to belong to the package name that is your userid. If your userid is peter, then all your servlets must be of that package.
Assume a servlet called PetersEMailServlet in your base DIR. It has to have
package peter;

as the first line of code.

If it's placed in your home DIR then it is accessed from the Internet as:
<A HREF="http://www.mycgiserver.com/servlet/<B rel="nofollow">peter</B>.PetersEMailServlet" TARGET=_blank>http://www.mycgiserver.com/servlet/peter.PetersEMailServlet
You can have sub directories if you like with the corresponding pkg names:
A servlet /myservlets/AnotherServlet.class
would be accessed
http://www.mycgiserver.com/servlet/peter.myservlets.AnotherServlet
and of course must belong to the package
peter.myservlets

[shree vijay]

Thanks Sean,Bill and Tony for responding. I guess I have some problem in placing my file.
If I open the browser with
http://www.mycgiserver.com/~shree/test.jsp
then the files are working.
But I am not able to do that with
www.mycgiserver.com/servlets/shree.test
Any help will be appreciated.
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Regards,
Shree
[This message has been edited by shree vijay (edited July 09, 2001).]

[William Brogden]

You said:
"But I am not able to do that with
www.mycgiserver.com/servlets/shree.test "
This leads me to believe that you are expecting the resulting servlet name to be test. This is not correct - the servlet engine will have its own scheme for creating unique names for the compiled JSP page servlet. There is no reason for you to try to address it directly. After initial compilation the servlet engine will automatically direct requests to the right servlet.
Bill

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