Yes, HTTPServletRequest.getParameter() wont work with "multipart/form-data", u need to decode the request and get the paramter from that.
Try Jason Hunter's MultipartRequest.getParameter() -----Original Message----- From: bin cai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Does servlet recognize para in multipart/form-dataform !!! Hello, Sorry to bother you? I got one problem which cause me two hours to find this problem but i don't know how to get around it When I call a servlet with enctype=multipart/form-data in the form tag then the servlet doens�t recognize any of the parameters in the form out.println("<html>"); out.println("<head><title>Uplaod File To Server </title></head>"); out.println("<body>"); out.println("<form Method =\"Post\" action=\"UploadServlet\" enctype=\"multipart/form-data\" >"); out.println("Filename:"); out.println("<input type=\"file\" name=\"files\" size=40>"); out.println("The destinated directory:"); out.println("<input type=\"text\" name=\"destination\" size=\"40\" value=\""+destination+"\" >"); out.println("<input type=\"submit\" name=submitUpload value=\"Submit\">"); out.println("<input type=\"submit\" name=cancelUpload value=\"Cancel\">"); out.println("</form>"); when i call request.getParameter("destination") return null value. Any one can help me , I will really appreciate. bin ______________________________________________________________________ Games, Movies, Music & Sports! http://entertainment.yahoo.ca ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
