SERVLET COMPILATION ERRO

HI everyone,
i get a very weird compilation error when trying to compile any servlet in a J2SDK v 1.4.2_03.
It is a very weird error and i only get it when i try to compile servlets on a machine that uses WIN2000 Server OS. I have a different machine that uses WINXP and the same version JSDK and i have never encountered such an error at compilation time.
The error i get is:
ViewServlet.java:1 : package javax.servlet does not exist
import javax.servlet.*;
I do import this package though. What do you think might be the problem???

Duffymo is right. If the error message is "ViewServlet.java:1 : package javax.servlet does not exist" then it is a classpath problem with the compiler.
It may be that you have CLASSPATH set on your old machine, and not on this one, causing it to fail.
You need to add a jar file with the javax.servlet.* classes into your classpath - preferably using the command line switch if compiling via javac.
One version of this file is distributed with Tomcat and is found in TOMCAT_HOME/common/lib/servlet.jar
Also, from Java1.4 onwards, Tomcat has trouble finding servlets that are in the "default" package (ie not in a package) As a matter of course, all your java classes should now be in a package.
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4361575.html
Hope this helps,
evnafets

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