And do not have space between equals and the value, i.e. it should be: rsBeachwear__orderby.equals("ID"))
04/12/2001 15:11:09, Panos Konstantinidis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you just want to print out the "selected" word then use: out.print("selected"); >instead of Response.Write('SELECTED'); > > And the if (rsBeachwear__orderby equals ("ID")) should be if >(rsBeachwear__orderby.equals ("ID")) (notice the dot). > >04/12/2001 15:02:39, Michael Pomeroy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I want my drop-down boxes (used to select sort parameters) to remember their last >selection. Is my code wrong? I am receiving syntax errors. Below are the error >messages and the code. >> >>500 Internal Server Error >>/jserv/Invoice3.jsp: >>Compilation error occured: >>Found 6 errors in JSP file: >>C:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\Beachwear\\jserv\\Invoice3.jsp:98: Syntax: Unexpected symbol >ignored >>C:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\Beachwear\\jserv\\Invoice3.jsp:99: Syntax: Unexpected symbol >ignored >>C:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\Beachwear\\jserv\\Invoice3.jsp:100: Syntax: Unexpected symbol >ignored >>C:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\Beachwear\\jserv\\Invoice3.jsp:101: Syntax: Unexpected symbol >ignored >>C:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\Beachwear\\jserv\\Invoice3.jsp:108: Syntax: Unexpected symbol >ignored >>C:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\Beachwear\\jserv\\Invoice3.jsp:109: Syntax: Unexpected symbol >ignored >>--------------------------------- >>14 //New drop-down box memory variables >>15 String rsBeachwear__orderby = (String)request.getParameter("order"); >>16 String rsBeachwear__sortby = (String)request.getParameter("sort"); >> >>97 <select name="order" size="1"> >>98 <option value="ID" <% if (rsBeachwear__orderby equals ("ID")) >{Response.Write('SELECTED');} >>%>>ID</option> >>99 <option value="Item" <% if (rsBeachwear__orderby equals ("Item")) >{Response.Write('SELECTED');} >>%>>Item</option> >>100 <option value="Color" <% if (rsBeachwear__orderby equals ("Color")) >>{Response.Write('SELECTED');} % >>Color</option> >>101 <option value="Size" <% if (rsBeachwear__orderby equals ("Size")) >{Response.Write('SELECTED');} >>%> >Size</option> >>102 </select> >>103 </div> >>104 </td> >>105 <td width="43%"> >>106 <div align="center"> >>107 <select name="sort" size="1"> >>108 <option value="ASC" <% if (rsBeachwear__sortby equals ("ASC")) >{Response.Write('SELECTED');} >>%>>Ascending</option> >>109 <option value="DESC" <% if (rsBeachwear__sortby equals ("DESC")) >{Response.Write('SELECTED');} >>%>>Descending</option> >>110 </select> >> >>=========================================================================== >>To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". >>For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". >>Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: >> >> http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html >> http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html >> http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp >> http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp >> http://www.jspinsider.com >> >__________________________________________ >"It can only be attributed to human error" >2001 A Space Odyssey > __________________________________________ "It can only be attributed to human error" 2001 A Space Odyssey =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com