Error (out of the box) - Element SELECT is undefined in ST

I had a tough time creating a datasource in CF Admin and so resorted to the JDBC URL string way. The project got installed without a hitch but when I tried to access the Image library it threw this error "Element SELECT is undefined in ST". Then I realized that all the media assets do not display and throw the same error. I also noticed another thing - http://localhost/css/images/sprites.gif displays the sprite.gif image whereas any new image that I copy to the folder throws a "Page cannot be found error"

It would be great to find a resolution to fix this issue.

thanks much!