Jessica,
I think what you want is this:
<html:link href='<%= "http://localhost:8080/internal/" + jsp + ".do" %>'>
Note that the string concatenation has to happen inside the JSP expression,
and that single quotes are used for the attribute because double quotes are
needed for the string literal.
--
Martin Cooper
Tumbleweed Communications
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anderson, Jessica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 7:40 AM
Subject: Using expressions as attribute values in <html:link>
> I have tried to use a jsp expression as the value for the page attribute
> (page=<%= jsp %>) but the < and > translate as less than greater than
> symbols. I have also tried using the escape character \ before and after
> the < and >, but I get the same result in my source HTML:
>
> <a href="http://localhost:8080/internal/<%= jsp %>.do ... >
>
> Does this feature work a different way? Is there an alternative to using
> jsp expressions to dynamically generate these href links?
>
> Thanks,
> Jessica
