Re: Configuring Tomcat 5 to not display null value as word null

2004-08-22 Thread Rick Wong
Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, the objects are not necessarily obtained directly from the request parameter. Sometimes data is massaged or obtained from other sources. I was hoping that there is a generic way to override the behavior. Since you mentioned about the used of filter, I

Re: Configuring Tomcat 5 to not display null value as word null

2004-08-21 Thread Tim Funk
Use JSTL. -Tim Rick Wong wrote: Hi, I have the following JSP fragment: case 1 = <%=request.getParameter("no_such_thing")%> case 2 = ${requestScope["no_such_thing"]} The output of the page is ... case 1 = null case 2 = ... Is there any way that Tomcat can be configured to not display the

Re: Configuring Tomcat 5 to not display null value as word null

2004-08-20 Thread Peng Tuck Kwok
Maybe he could check that in the jsp as well. Then maybe it's a little simpler to do. say (roughly) : . if (request.getParameter("blah")==null) { print something meaningful instead. On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:15:48 -0700, Justin Ruthenbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is no Tom

Re: Configuring Tomcat 5 to not display null value as word null

2004-08-20 Thread Justin Ruthenbeck
There is no Tomcat magic configuration parameter to make this happen. Instead, take a look at HttpServletRequestWrapper. You can combine that with a Filter to override the behavior of getParameter() for the pages that need it such that it returns "" instead of "null" when no such parameter va

Configuring Tomcat 5 to not display null value as word null

2004-08-20 Thread Rick Wong
Hi, I have the following JSP fragment: case 1 = <%=request.getParameter("no_such_thing")%> case 2 = ${requestScope["no_such_thing"]} The output of the page is ... case 1 = null case 2 = ... Is there any way that Tomcat can be configured to not display the word "null" if the value is null