Linux Web Hosting Manual & Guide
Chapter 7: JSP/Servlets Information
Note: To activate JSP/TOMCAT support on your account you should send a JSP install request. Please fill this form.
Tomcat HFW FAQ
Apache Tomcat.Tomcat is the servlet container that is used in the official Reference Implementation for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies. The Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages specifications are developed by Sun under the Java Community Process.
Tomcat 4.0 implements a new servlet container (called Catalina) that is based on completely new architecture. The 4.0 release implements the Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2 specifications.
You can store your own classes and Jars with Tomcat. You can place them in public_html/web-inf as defined by the Tomcat documentation.
You can find the Tomcat documentation at the following location: http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.0-doc/appdev/index.html
JDBC Connection String:
<%@ page import="java.sql.*" %>Connection connection = null;
Class.forName("org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver").newInstance();
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(
"jdbc:mysql://localhost/db_name?user=db_username&password=<PASSWORD HERE>");
