I have a JSP page and it contains a drop down control. What i want is when ever i load the JSP page on the browser the JSP page should be able to get data for the drop down from a bean.The query is can i invoke a method of a bean at the load of the JSP page explicitly.Please advice. Thanks, regards, kamlesh =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets