org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /jsp/page_demo1.jsp(1,5) Invalid directive org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:40) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:407) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:88) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseDirective(Parser.java:473) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseFileDirectives(Parser.java:1749) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:127) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.doParse(ParserController.java:255) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parseDirectives(ParserController.java:120) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:180) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:354) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:334) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:321) org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:592) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:328) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:313) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:260) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717) note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/6.0.35 logs.