>>>>> "Struts" == Struts Newsgroup <(@Basebeans.com) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> writes:
Struts> Subject: Getting a value from the request object for variable for a custom
tag?
Struts> From: "Preston Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Struts> ===
Struts> I'm writing a custom pager for a resultset my company needs to page
through.
Struts> I don't return every record, just the amount and set indicated by page size
Struts> and page number in the query. But I also want to return the total number
Struts> found.
Struts> So what I do, is in my action I make two calls..
Struts> request.setAttribute("ARRAYLIST_OF_STUFF", myCollection);
Struts> request.setAttribute("NUMBER_FOUND", intFound);
Struts> Now in the JSP page I forward to I retrieve ARRAYLIST_OF_STUFF to iterate
Struts> using the logic:iterate tag. However, here is the tricky part. I want to
use
Struts> the number found as part of the pager tag. The reason being that the pager
Struts> tag needs to know how many records were found in order to produce the
Struts> following....
Struts> 1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30..... etc...
Struts> So how do I get the value in my custom tag?
Struts> I've tried the following...
Struts> <pager:pager currentPage="2" pageSize="10" totalResults="<%=(Integer)
Struts> request.getAttribute("NUMBER_FOUND")%>" url="participantSearch.do">
Struts> ..but that doesn't work. What works? Or am I approaching this entirely
Struts> wrong?
Whenever you say "that doesn't work", it would help if you say what happens.
One minor change that might help is making sure your quotes nest properly.
This would mean changing the quoting around the "totalResults" attribute to be
a pair of single quotes, instead of double quotes.
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