At 09:58 AM 6/16/2009, you wrote: > > Does this answer your question? > > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/class-loader-howto.html > > > > > >not really no ...... From the same version of Apache-Tomcat (6.0.18) web.xml config file: <!-- classpath What class path should I use while compiling --> <!-- generated servlets? [Created dynamically --> <!-- based on the current web application] --> <!-- --> You are setting CLASSPATH as an OS environment variable. Tomcat wants/has it's own and you set it within the engine, or let the engine take care of it for you. Cheers, Glenn