HELP ! unable to read TLD

Question

Hi
I've tried to run a jsp page that uses the following taglib attribute:
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" %>
but it comes up with the error message :
Unable to read TLD "META-INF/c-1_0.tld" from JAR file "file:/C:/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib/standard.jar": java.lang.IllegalStateException: zip file closed
I've unzipped the standard.jar file to make sure that the c-1_0.tld file is there and it is actually there, I've also downloaded the latest version of the taglib but both actions have not solved my problem.
The same error message comes up when i use the taglib
<%@ taglib prefix="sql" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/sql" %>
it says
Unable to read TLD "META-INF/sql-1_0.tld" from JAR file "file:/C:/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib/standard.jar": java.lang.IllegalStateException: zip file closed.
This is really slowing things down as I cant get to use any of the standard taglib
please I need help
abiose

Answer 1

the problem has been solved after i deleted the
web.xml in the web-inf folder??
could somebody please tell me why??
could it be that there were some wrong settings in
the web.xml?Possibly. If your web.xml had any taglib definitions in it related to JSTL, then yes, it was set upt incorrectly.
Another possibility was that there was something wrong someplace else that had been fixed but the context not restarted and so the fix wasn't seen. Then the removal of the web.xml forced the context to be reloaded which showed the firx from earlier.
As a side note, you should put back a web.xml, even if it is an empty <web-app ...></web-app>.