Hello,

With Hibernate-2.1 on WinXP & SapDB 7.5, I went through the 'Quickstart with Tomcat', but when I run my 'cat.jsp' I get:

cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Session

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Using NetBeans IDE, I added a 'qstart' project.
I added the 'sapdb-7_5_0_5.jar' file to '/common/lib/'.
I added 'hibernate2.jar' - and the other required 3rd party libraries - to '/webapps/qstart/WEB-INF/lib/'.
I added the context node (resource declaration?) to '/conf/server.xml' (within the '<server>' node).
I added 'hibernate.cfg.xml' to '/WEB-INF/classes' (with the SAPDBDialect specified).
I added my 'First persistent class' (cat.class) and mapping (Cat.hbm.xml) to 'WEB-INF/classes'.
I created the 'Cat' table.
I added the 'HibernateUtil' helper class (sess.class) to '/WEB-INF/classes'.
I created 'cat.jsp' and added the session code for instantiating a new cat, and selecting the new cat.
My JSP imports "java.sql.*,java.util.*,java.text.*,java.io.*".

What did I do that's incorrect?
Does my JSP need to import other modules? Which?
What do I need to change or add to be able to insert and select records?

Thx,
Bob V

at least post stack trace

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP

An error occurred at line: 10 in the jsp file: /cat.jsp

Generated servlet error:
[javac] Compiling 1 source file

C:\Documents and Settings\bobv\.netbeans\3.6\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19_base\work\Catalina\localhost\qstart\org\apache\jsp\cat_jsp.java:15: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Session
location: class org.apache.jsp.cat_jsp
Session session = HibernateUtil.currentSession();
^



An error occurred at line: 10 in the jsp file: /cat.jsp

Generated servlet error:
C:\Documents and Settings\bobv\.netbeans\3.6\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19_base\work\Catalina\localhost\qstart\org\apache\jsp\cat_jsp.java:17: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Transaction
location: class org.apache.jsp.cat_jsp
Transaction tx= session.beginTransaction();
^



An error occurred at line: 10 in the jsp file: /cat.jsp

Generated servlet error:
C:\Documents and Settings\bobv\.netbeans\3.6\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19_base\work\Catalina\localhost\qstart\org\apache\jsp\cat_jsp.java:15: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : variable HibernateUtil
location: class org.apache.jsp.cat_jsp
Session session = HibernateUtil.currentSession();
^



An error occurred at line: 15 in the jsp file: /cat.jsp

Generated servlet error:
C:\Documents and Settings\bobv\.netbeans\3.6\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19_base\work\Catalina\localhost\qstart\org\apache\jsp\cat_jsp.java:63: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Cat
location: class org.apache.jsp.cat_jsp
Cat princess = new Cat();
^



An error occurred at line: 15 in the jsp file: /cat.jsp

Generated servlet error:
C:\Documents and Settings\bobv\.netbeans\3.6\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19_base\work\Catalina\localhost\qstart\org\apache\jsp\cat_jsp.java:63: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Cat
location: class org.apache.jsp.cat_jsp
Cat princess = new Cat();
^



An error occurred at line: 15 in the jsp file: /cat.jsp

Generated servlet error:
C:\Documents and Settings\bobv\.netbeans\3.6\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19_base\work\Catalina\localhost\qstart\org\apache\jsp\cat_jsp.java:71: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : variable HibernateUtil
location: class org.apache.jsp.cat_jsp
HibernateUtil.closeSession();
^



An error occurred at line: 15 in the jsp file: /cat.jsp

Generated servlet error:
C:\Documents and Settings\bobv\.netbeans\3.6\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19_base\work\Catalina\localhost\qstart\org\apache\jsp\cat_jsp.java:74: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Transaction
location: class org.apache.jsp.cat_jsp
Transaction tx = session.beginTransaction();
^



An error occurred at line: 15 in the jsp file: /cat.jsp

Generated servlet error:
C:\Documents and Settings\bobv\.netbeans\3.6\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19_base\work\Catalina\localhost\qstart\org\apache\jsp\cat_jsp.java:74: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : method beginTransaction ()
location: interface javax.servlet.http.HttpSession
Transaction tx = session.beginTransaction();
^



An error occurred at line: 15 in the jsp file: /cat.jsp

Generated servlet error:
C:\Documents and Settings\bobv\.netbeans\3.6\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19_base\work\Catalina\localhost\qstart\org\apache\jsp\cat_jsp.java:76: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Query
location: class org.apache.jsp.cat_jsp
Query query = session.createQuery("select c from Cat as c where c.sex = :sex");
^



An error occurred at line: 15 in the jsp file: /cat.jsp

Generated servlet error:
C:\Documents and Settings\bobv\.netbeans\3.6\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19_base\work\Catalina\localhost\qstart\org\apache\jsp\cat_jsp.java:76: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : method createQuery (java.lang.String)
location: interface javax.servlet.http.HttpSession
Query query = session.createQuery("select c from Cat as c where c.sex = :sex");
^



An error occurred at line: 15 in the jsp file: /cat.jsp

Generated servlet error:
C:\Documents and Settings\bobv\.netbeans\3.6\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19_base\work\Catalina\localhost\qstart\org\apache\jsp\cat_jsp.java:79: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Cat
location: class org.apache.jsp.cat_jsp
Cat cat = (Cat) it.next();
^



An error occurred at line: 15 in the jsp file: /cat.jsp

Generated servlet error:
C:\Documents and Settings\bobv\.netbeans\3.6\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19_base\work\Catalina\localhost\qstart\org\apache\jsp\cat_jsp.java:79: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Cat
location: class org.apache.jsp.cat_jsp
Cat cat = (Cat) it.next();
^
12 errors


at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.javacError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:127)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.javacError(ErrorDispatcher.java:351)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateClass(Compiler.java:415)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:458)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:439)
at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:553)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:291)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:301)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:248)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:284)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:204)
at org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:305)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:204)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:257)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:151)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:567)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal(StandardContextValve.java:245)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:199)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:151)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:567)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:184)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:151)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:164)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:149)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:567)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:156)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:151)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:567)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:972)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:206)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:833)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:732)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:619)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:688)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)

Well, if those classes cannot be found then the hibernate jar is *definitely* not on the classpath.

Its been a while since I've used NetBeans, but you used to have to explicitly "mount" any libraries you wanted in you classpath

The file system for the project is mounted:

C:\Program Files\NetBeans3.6\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19\webapps\qstart


The jar files are in:

C:\Program Files\NetBeans3.6\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19\webapps\qstart\WEB-INF\lib

Following your response, I also added them to:

C:\Program Files\NetBeans3.6\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19\common\lib

This still didn't work, so I added 'hibernate2.jar' to the NetBeans classpath:

Tools > Options > JAR Execution > Classpath > Ellipsis button > Add JAR/ZIP.

Still no improvement. Should I add it to the 'Library Path' instead?


C:\Documents and Settings\bobv\.netbeans\3.6\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19_base\work\Catalina\localhost\qstart\org\apache\jsp\cat_jsp.java:15: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Session
location: class org.apache.jsp.cat_jsp
Session session = HibernateUtil.currentSession();