The scope value is optional.
<bean:define id="companies" name="userForm"
property="companies" scope="request"/>
<html:select property="companyId">
<html:options collection="companies" property="id"
labelProperty="companyName"/>
</html:select>
David
--- Phillip Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In my struts jsp page, I have a form. It's
> corresponding formbean is in
> the request via my action class. My formbean has a
> property of type
> collection that I would like to use to populate a
> select box. I have done
> it a couple of ways, but it's real messy.
>
> Does anybody have a more elegant solution? Both
> ways below work. but ugh!
>
> Thanks!
>
> <%
> //get the formbean out of request
> com.healthgauge.UserForm uf =
>
(com.healthgauge.UserForm)request.getAttribute("userForm");
>
> //get the collection and stuff in pageContext
>
>
pageContext.setAttribute("companies",uf.getCompanies());
> %>
> <html:select property="companyId">
> <html:options collection="companies"
> property="id"
> labelProperty="companyName"/>
> </html:select>
> vs.
> <html:select property="companyId">
> <logic:iterate id="company" name="userForm"
> property="companies">
> <option value="<bean:write name="company"
> property="id" filter="true"/>">
> <bean:write name="company" property="companyName"
> filter="true"/>
> </logic:iterate>
> </html:select>
>
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