I'm not exactly sure about context.xml, but I know it's not viable to auto-update server.xml on a running server.
What type of changes are you making in context.xml? Q On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:02 PM, hanan herzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > I am using context.xml to configure my web application. But when I > change values in the context.xml, the application does not see the changes, > unless I restart tomcat: > > Setup: > Tomcat 6.0.18 (from distribution tarball, unmodified, except as explained > below) > Linux (Fedora 9) 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686 > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_10-rc-b28) > Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 11.0-b15, mixed mode) > > > I have a http://www.nabble.com/file/p19294618/context.xml context.xml in > ~/local/tomcat/conf > > With my browser, I go to http://localhost:8080/c to execute > http://www.nabble.com/file/p19294618/index.jsp index.jsp which is in > directory in ~/local/tomcat/webapps/c > > The result is as expected, "valueONE". > > But when I change the value="valueTWO" in the context.xml and re-run > index.jsp, the OLD value remains. > The application context is reloaded in some sense, but the new values of > context.xml are not available. > > I thought the main reason to use context.xml is precisely so that > configuration changes can be made without having to restart the who tomcat > instance. > > Am I doing something wrong? > > Hanan > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/context.xml-Parameter-values-not-updating-without-Tomcat-restart-tp19294618p19294618.html > Sent from the Tomcat - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Quintin Beukes