Syntax for invoking servlet from form in a servlet context

          Hi all,
          I have a web application called A, put all related files in a directory B. I deployed
          some JSPs into a directory C under B. Within a jsp called c.jsp in C, a servlet
          is called in a form. What syntax should I use to call the servlet properly. For
          the given web application A, the url syntax for it is http://server/A/C/c.jsp.
          I used 'action=servlet', 'action=/servlet', but failed. For 'action=servlet',
          the user is directed to http://server/A/C/servlet. The other is http://server/servlet.
          Both are not correct. Any ideas?
          Thanks,
          Lijun

What is the servlet-mapping in the web.xml file? If this is your servlet mapping:
          <servlet>
          <servlet-name>CookieCounter</servlet-name>
          <servlet-class>examples.servlets.CookieCounter</servlet-class>
          </servlet>
          <servlet-mapping>
          <servlet-name>CookieCounter</servlet-name>
          <url-pattern>monster</url-pattern>
          </servlet-mapping>
          Then the appropriate action is action=monster (or possibly action=../monster).
          Hope this helps,
          Robert
          Lijun wrote:
          > Hi all,
          >
          > I have a web application called A, put all related files in a directory B. I deployed
          > some JSPs into a directory C under B. Within a jsp called c.jsp in C, a servlet
          > is called in a form. What syntax should I use to call the servlet properly. For
          > the given web application A, the url syntax for it is http://server/A/C/c.jsp.
          > I used 'action=servlet', 'action=/servlet', but failed. For 'action=servlet',
          > the user is directed to http://server/A/C/servlet. The other is http://server/servlet.
          > Both are not correct. Any ideas?
          >
          > Thanks,
          > Lijun

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