[japher]

Hi,

I have recently tried to debug JSPs (not the compiled version, but the jsp file) with MyEclipse and Tomcat 5.0.28 but the breakpoints I set never work. I have:

1. Deployed my Web Project to Tomcat 5.
2. Started the server through MyEclipse.
3. Set the breakpoint in a Java code part of my JSP.
4. Navigated to that page.

The breakpoint never gains a tick mark (which I understand from the documentation should happen when Tomcat compiles the JSP or something), and the execution never gets stopped at the breakpoint.

I am able to debug Java files which are being used by the server (including the compiled JSPs!), just not JSP pages.

I’m using Eclipse 3.0.0 (build id: 200406251208) and MyEclipse 3.8.2 (build id: 200409171200-3.8.2). None of the three or four others using eclipse in my office are able to get these breakpoints working either.

Thanks in advance for the help you provide,
Joe.

[Riyad Kalla]

Joe,
You need to make sure to have the Tomcat connector setup to launch Tomcat in debug mode (Tomcat 5 > Launch settings), also you need to be using JDK 1.4+ to run Eclipse AND Tomcat for debugging to work. We prefer JDK 1.4.2_06 as that minimizes debugging weirdness.

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