I have copied the index.jsp file in notepad and saved it in the star folder, with the extension .jsp manually keyed in but it still won't run in the web browser when I posted it. What is the problem??
I notice that in the JSP examples in Apache home, there is an additional file with extension .jsp besides the text file where the jsp is written. is there a need for compiler to generate the .jsp file?

I don't understand by "the extension .jsp manually keyed in"?

The file has to be simple text file whose complete name is index.jsp. If it is placed in the proper folder then it should run. But it won't run in Apache web server, it will run in Apache *Tomcat* server which is a different server than Apache web server.

And no there is no need for a compiler to generated .jsp files.

i've installed tomcat6.0 according to the install user guide.
i created index.html & index.jsp in the folder "star".. and
if i run in IE as http://localhost/star/index.html
then its working.
but,if i run as
http://localhost/star/index.jsp
then,i got an error message that HTTP Status 404 error(that the requested resource(star/jsp)is not found nu..)
plz help me what i've 2 do 2 recover from dis error.. or i've 2 do any changes anyever else ah?
plz give me a solution..