calling getParameterValues()[0] is a really bad idea - if there are not any
parameters, you'll be dereferencing a null pointer and you'll get a
NullPointerException.
It would have been great if the servlet folks had used the Enumeration
interface instead of an array of String.
-----Original Message-----
From: James Duncan Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: getParameter for POST
>> Isn't "getParameter()" deprecated? I've been using "getParameterValues"
>> for both GET and POST. Works just fine.
>
>At one point it was, then we had a palace coup lead by some of the folks
>in servlet land and it wasn't deprecated anymore as it's a *damn* useful
call.
>
>getParameter returns the same value as getParamterValues[0]
>
>.duncan
>
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