Putting request parameter into page context

[Michael Lee]

This seems like it would be so simple yet I can't get it to work
I've tried all kinds of combinations of bean:define...
<bean:define id="startRow" name="startRow" type="java.lang.Integer"/>
I want to take the request parameter startRow and put it in a page object startRow
startRow is in the request (URL.com/someaction.jsp?startRow=10).
thanks,
Mike