System.out.println in Servlets/JSPs

Hi,
Which file and directory in JDeveloper 10g (10.1.3.0) on windows does the output of System.out.println get logged to? THanks in advance.
regards,

Goes to standard out, not a file. So if you're running the embedded server you will see it in your Embedded Server Console window. However, you should never be using system.out.println in a servlet/jsp. Instead use commons logging or log4j to get log messages.

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Tomcat Servlet: System.out.println in servlet not printing to catalina.out

Hello friends ,
When i m using System.out.println() in servlet its o/p should come in catalina.out but its not coming plz help me....one thing more can we replace exixting catalina.out file with new one...
please Help me soon.
Thanks

go to[u] TOMCAT_DIR/config/server.xml.
Open this xml file and find something like <Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger"
              prefix="catalina_log." suffix=".txt"
              timestamp="true"/>and
<Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger"
                 directory="logs" prefix="localhost_log." suffix=".txt"
            timestamp="true"/>You can change the log file name to another one.
It's much better to use a logger tool like log4j (http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/download.html) then using a System.out.println()...
hope that helps

How can I show a System.out.println(""); into a JSP?

Is a simple doubt that would help me a lot to reach other thing that I wished reach with a JSP.
Thank you!!!

Hi!!!
Thank you to answer me......my question�is because�my problem is a little more complicated��let me tell you�.
My problem is that I wish to do some queries to a table of a Municipalities DB, I have read about that....and according with the exemples....my JSP...should be running and executing very well....but I haven�t had success with that...:(
My JSP file is:
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 3.2//en">
<html>

<head>
<title>Query of Municipalities</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor=#FFFFFF>
<font face="Helvetica">
<h1>
<font color=#DB1260>
Municipalities List
</font>
</h1>
<%@ page import="
weblogic.db.jdbc.*,
weblogic.html.*,
java.sql.*
" %>
<p>
<%
Connection conn = null;
try {
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conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:weblogic:pool:DESAPool");
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
stmt.execute("select * from cat_municipio");
ResultSet rs = stmt.getResultSet();
while (rs.next()) {
System.out.println(rs.getInt("cve_municipio") + " - " + rs.getInt("cve_sepomex") + " - " + rs.getString("desc_municipio"));
stmt.close();
conn.close();
%>
<p>Please call Mary with any updates ASAP!
<p>
<font size=-1>Copyright (c) 1999-2000 by BEA Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
</font>
</font>
</body>
</html>
My result obtained is the following:
Municipalities List
Please call Mary with any updates ASAP!
Copyright (c) 1999-2000 by BEA Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
I don�t obtain nothing.....is like DB table were without information......but in reality the DB table has information.....and I can obtain it with the following JSP:
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 3.2//en">
<html>

<head>
<title>Query of Municipalities</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor=#FFFFFF>
<font face="Helvetica">
<h1>
<font color=#DB1260>
Municipalities List
</font>
</h1>
<%@ page import="
weblogic.db.jdbc.*,
weblogic.html.*,
java.sql.*
" %>
<p>
<%
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try {
Class.forName("weblogic.jdbc.pool.Driver").newInstance();
conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:weblogic:pool:DESAPool");
// Fetch all records from the database in a TableDataSet
DataSet dSet = new TableDataSet(conn, "cat_municipio").fetchRecords();
TableElement tE = new TableElement(dSet);
tE.setBorder(1);
out.print(tE);
} catch (SQLException sqle) {
out.print("Sorry, the database is not available.");
out.print("Exception: " + sqle);
} catch (Exception e) {
out.print("Exception occured: " + e);
} finally {
if(conn != null)
try {
conn.close();
} catch(SQLException sqle) {}
%>
<p>Please call Mary with any updates ASAP!
<p>
<font size=-1>Copyright (c) 1999-2000 by BEA Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
</font>
</font>
</body>
</html>
and with this JSP I obtain all the following information:
Municipalities List
CVE_MUNICIPIO CVE_SEPOMEX DESC_MUNICIPIO
1 1 ACAJETE
2 2 ACATENO
3 3 ACATLAN
4 4 ACATZINGO
5 5 ACTEOPAN
Now...I need that the first JSP work very well, because...with that way...I can do queries and obtain the needed results for showing them in the Browser......
So, I already find out�.that�any string that I send to the browser with System.out.println(); isn�t showed�.so it is the reason of my question�..how I can see my results of a query using a loop (like a for, while) resolving it....I think my problem would be resolved.
So...I hope you understand me, and you could help me please...thanks.....
Mary
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<html>

<head>
<title>Query of Municipalities</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor=#FFFFFF>
<font face="Helvetica">
<h1>
<font color=#DB1260>
Municipalities List
</font>
</h1>
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weblogic.db.jdbc.*,
weblogic.html.*,
java.sql.*
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catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
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while (rs.next()) {
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rs.close();
stmt.close();
conn.close();
%>
<p>Please call Mary with any updates ASAP!
<p>
<font size=-1>Copyright (c) 1999-2000 by BEA Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
</font>
</font>
</body>
</html>

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Hello,
I am encountering a 2 strange problems. I have 2 oracle application server instances, one dev and one production.
The first problem is when I type System.out.println in the JSP's i am able to see the output in both \opmn\logs\oc4jinstance. But the System.out.println in the java classes or bean show up only in development logs but not in production box.
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Hi
System.out.println is a method of PrintStream in IO which is used to print the output on console in java progs.Here in jsp ,the o/p is printed on server's console window.But out.println is totally different as, out is implicit object derived from JspWriter and is used sly to PrinWriter 's object is used in servlets.It's work is to write upon Browser.
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How can I see whatever I print through System.out.println in my servlets when I use iplanet 4.1

how can I see whatever I print through System.out.println in my servlets when I use iplanet 4.1

Hi Nitin,
Look out the below link, Hope this helps you.
http://knowledgebase.iplanet.com/ikb/kb/articles/4235.html
http://knowledgebase.iplanet.com/ikb/kb/articles/4790.html
http://knowledgebase.iplanet.com/ikb/kb/articles/4699.html
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http://www.sun.com/developers/support.

System.out.println in EJB

Hi I have given System.out.println in my EJB object. But I am not able to see the output in my console. But when I give printStackTrace in my JSP(from where I can EJB)....it is displaying the exception....
So my question is Can we give System.out... in EJB?. Should we set any property to see the output of System.out...in the console?.

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catch(RemoteException rex){
ServerLog.log(rex.getMessage(),ServerLog.ERROR);
throw new ProdSchedException(rex,"Server Failed");
catch(CreateException cex){
ServerLog.log(cex.getMessage(),ServerLog.ERROR);
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import javax.ejb.*;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import java.util.*;
import javax.xml.parsers.*;
import org.xml.sax.*;
import org.w3c.dom.*;
import java.io.*;
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I am migrating to a Sun server using Iplanet 6. I was on a HP-UX 11.0 server using Iplanet 4.2. I am having problems with two things. First, to get debugging information we use System.out.println in our servlets and JSP's. To get the output, we would redirect our start script when starting the server to a file. The trouble is now there is no output when using System.out.println.
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Instead of using System.out.println, try looking into the ServletContext.log method.
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Help: What can make "System.out.println" not displaying anything?

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We have Portal 10g.
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Olivier,
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System.out.println and out.println

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System.out.println is a method of PrintStream in IO which is used to print the output on console in java progs.Here in jsp ,the o/p is printed on server's console window.But out.println is totally different as, out is implicit object derived from JspWriter and is used sly to PrinWriter 's object is used in servlets.It's work is to write upon Browser.
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System.out.println - Hello World Example

Hi All
I am using Apache Tomcat and trying t produce a simple output to the browser. Cannot get System.out.println to work. See code and out below:
begin code
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>hello jsp</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<%@ page language='java' contentType='text/html' %>
<%
String message = "Hello World";
message = message + "\nAFTER";
System.out.println("BEFORE");
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<%= (message) %>
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Hello World AFTER
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Naresh

System.out prints to System.out. What that is depends:
In applets, (which the OP was not talking about) it is the Java Console.
In JSP, it's the same as any application by default.
You can change in Java what System.out prints to, but you don't often do this. But in JSP it doesn't print to the browser. JSP is not CGI, which does you the standard out as the destination for written data.

System.out.println not showing up in the console

Hi,
I've some System.out.println statements in a static block in a Stateless
Session Bean. I could not see these outputs in the Weblogic console. I'm
using Weblogic 5.1 Any one faced this problem before? any help is
appreciated.
Thanks & Regards,
Nithi.

Take a look in the weblogic log files they might be redirecting std out.
"Ryan LeCompte" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
Hello Nithi,
I'm all out of ideas, unfortunately! However, check out the following
links for
some possible insight into the problem:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=System.out.println+5.1+WebLogic&start=60&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=3d3df18e%40newsgroups.bea.com&rnum=69
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=System.out.println+5.1+WebLogic&start=70&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=3977417b%40newsgroups.bea.com&rnum=71
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=System.out.println+5.1+WebLogic&start=200&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=3bc20346%241%40newsgroups.bea.com&rnum=209
Best regards,
Ryan LeCompte
[email protected]
http://www.louisiana.edu/~rml7669
"Nithi Rajan" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Ryan,
Thanks for your reply and sorry for the long silence. I was on vocation.
Thre problem still remains.I'm very sure that the EJB
is deployed by WebLogic as I'm able to call some methods.
and I'm also calling EJB methods from Servlet. But my
System.out.println statments work fine in the Servlet and
not inside EJB (or anyother classes used by EJB).
Any one has faced similar problems? BTW am using WebLogic 5.1
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
Nithi.
"Ryan LeCompte" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Hello Nithi,
I find it strange that your System.out.println statements are beingexecuted from
within your servlets, but not in your stateless session bean. Are
you
positive
that your EJB is being located and deployed by WebLogic? The statementsin
your
static { } block should be executed as soon as the WebLogic class
loader
finds
the class and loads it into the JVM. I would suggest examining theconsole
and
try to determine if your EJB is in fact being deployed. Are you invokingmethods
on the EJB inside of your servlets? Are you using any logging frameworkfrom within
the EJBs which would redirect output to a file?
Best regards,
Ryan LeCompte
[email protected]
http://www.louisiana.edu/~rml7669
"Nithi Rajan" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Ryan,
Thanks for your reply. The setting in the weblogic.properties is
as
follows.
weblogic.system.enableConsole=true
So, that tells me that I should see all the System.out.printlns right?
(Pleasecorrect me if I'm wrong). I can see all the System.out.println
from
my
servletand not from the Session Bean (even if the System.out.println
is
outside
static block).
Please let me know your thoughts.
Thanks & Regards,
Nithi.
"Ryan LeCompte" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Hello Nithi,
Are you sure that you don't have WebLogic configured to redirect
all
messages
to a file instead of the console? Are you able to see yourSystem.out.println
statements when placed within other methods of your stateless sessionbean? Please
be a bit more specific.
Thank you,
Ryan LeCompte
[email protected]
http://www.louisiana.edu/~rml7669
"Nithi Rajan" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
I've some System.out.println statements in a static block in a
Stateless
Session Bean. I could not see these outputs in the Weblogic console.
I'm
using Weblogic 5.1 Any one faced this problem before? any helpis
appreciated.
Thanks & Regards,
Nithi.

Linux System.out.println()

I am porting some JSP's from Windows to SUSE Linux. These JSP's call functions that are embedded in JAVA classes, which in turn output error messages with System.out.println() to the console. It appears that in Linux, the bash Konsole doesn't print these errors, so they are invisible.
I suppose that if I wrote JSP's in the future, errors could be printed in the browser, but I would really like to be able to see my errors in bash or which ever shell. Any help would be appreciated.

If you ever intend to use more than one webserver, I would suggest you look towards something like JMS. Messages can be sent to the queue from which you can pick them up and deal with them as necessary in your own time, be that real-time or delayed.
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System.out.println in which log file

          We are using weblogic 51 server.
          We have System.out.println's in the servlets but don't see
          it in any log file. Which log file would/should
          it go to.


If you are running a shell script (not as as service) you will see it in
          that shell window, if you run it without a console window (service), you
          usually see nothing.
          If you are using a third party tool to run the server as a service (e.g.
          ServiceMill for Win2k/NT) you usually can set files where you would like
          your output to be redirected.
          If you run the server as a service and don't have this option you can do
          it yourself by setting System.setErr / System.setOut, e.g. in a
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          Daniel
          -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
          Von: smita [mailto:[email protected]]
          Bereitgestellt: Mittwoch, 6. Juni 2001 18:54
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          Betreff: System.out.println in which log file
          We are using weblogic 51 server.
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          it in any log file. Which log file would/should
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