Size limits of pages

I'm using Tomcat 6 and am having trouble getting large pages to load. We've developed a page for a site that gets generated for specific cities. When I test it on my IDE, it works without a hitch. However, when I deploy the app to our server running tomcat 6, on locations with a small amount of information seem to work. I've isolated that it related to the size of what is being generated. Is there a way to increase the size of the files that tomcat will generate from jsps?

asked by rfrubin

There is a restriction on the size of a compiled method, which is 64kb of bytecode - but this must not be confused with the size of the data output from a method.

I'd expect it to be a low probability that you've run into this restriction, but if you have then it shouldn't be too hard to refactor the JSP to get around it.

From the limited information you provide it's nearly impossible to tell what the likely source of the problem is.  I'd be looking for Exceptions in the Tomcat logs and examining whether the page was failing because it depended on other resources which are unable to deliver large amounts of information in a timely fashion.

If the problem is reproducible then it should be relatively easy to narrow down the portion of the code which causes the problem; even if this means selectively commenting out section of the JSP and testing each part of it separately.