Thanks for the help... The parameter issue you mentioned was a dumb mistake on my part, which I've fixed.
The fixed method is below so that anyone hunting the archives has it available: public Collection getPartialSoftwareList() { int startPage; String page=""; ServletRequest request = pageContext.getRequest(); Enumeration parameters = request.getParameterNames(); while (parameters.hasMoreElements()) { String parameter = (String) parameters.nextElement(); // Check if it's a displaytag property and specifically the page parameter if (parameter.startsWith("d-") && parameter.indexOf("-p") > 0) { page = request.getParameter(parameter); break; } } try { startPage = Integer.parseInt(page); } catch (NumberFormatException ex) { startPage = 1; } return softwareService.getPartialSoftwareList(startPage, 30); } -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:54 AM To: displaytag-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [displaytag-user] Table Information in the Request Ferguson, Jason M TSgt 805 CSPTS/SCE wrote: >Map paramMap = request.getParameterNames(); for (Iterator it = >paramMap.entrySet().iterator(); it.hasNext();) { > Map.Entry pairs = (Map.Entry) it.next(); > String key = (String) pairs.getKey(); > if (key.substring(0,2).equals("d-")) { > String[] pageArray = (String[]) pairs.getValue(); > page = pageArray[0]; > break; > } > } I'd do this part a bit more like this: Enumeration parameters = req.getParameterNames(); while(parameters.hasMoreElements()) { String parameter = (String) parameters.nextElement(); if (parameter.startsWith("d-")) { page = request.getParameter(parameter); break; } } try { startPage = Integer.parseInt(page); } catch (NumberFormatException ex) { startPage = 1; } > Is there a better, cleaner way to get the table id and page number > from the request? Overall, not really, no. You need to get the parameter and deal with it. The one thing I'd add is that "d-" parameters are displaytag parameters, meaning that it's not exclusively the page. It could also indicate sort order and other display parameters. I think there's a guide to the various parameter formats around so that you can determine which is which, but I don't remember where I saw that or if someone posted it to this list or what. -- Rick Herrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Proud member of the reality-based community Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.--Bertrand Russell ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V _______________________________________________ displaytag-user mailing list displaytag-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/displaytag-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ displaytag-user mailing list displaytag-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/displaytag-user