Error in connecting the database with context.xml resource

Question

Dear everyone,
i am trying to connect the application with database...
i have a table with employee id, name...
i have given context xml and established connection..
but i am getting error as
* " Element type "Resource" must be followed by either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>"."
* "The context.xml file seems to be broken. Check whether it is well-formed and valid."
anyone please give ur suggestions....

Answer 1

the error that i received now was...
HTTP Status 500 -
type Exception report
message
description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP:
An error occurred at line: 34 in the jsp file: /index.jsp
Context cannot be resolved to a type
31:        int i=0;
32:       
33:       
34:        Context ctx = new InitialContext();
35:        DataSource ds = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/employee");
36:       
37:        try
An error occurred at line: 34 in the jsp file: /index.jsp
InitialContext cannot be resolved to a type
31:        int i=0;
32:       
33:       
34:        Context ctx = new InitialContext();
35:        DataSource ds = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/employee");
36:       
37:        try
An error occurred at line: 35 in the jsp file: /index.jsp
DataSource cannot be resolved to a type
32:       
33:       
34:        Context ctx = new InitialContext();
35:        DataSource ds = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/employee");
36:       
37:        try
38:         {
An error occurred at line: 35 in the jsp file: /index.jsp
DataSource cannot be resolved to a type
32:       
33:       
34:        Context ctx = new InitialContext();
35:        DataSource ds = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/employee");
36:       
37:        try
38:         {
Stacktrace:
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.javacError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:85)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.javacError(ErrorDispatcher.java:330)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.JDTCompiler.generateClass(JDTCompiler.java:435)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:298)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:277)
     org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:265)
     org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:564)
     org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:299)
     org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:315)
     org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
     javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/5.5.23 logs.