I think you mean process the request object in the Action class vs. the form class.
RE the validation, I typically have an action mapping which populates the form and displays 'for edit' and one which processes the submission; validate="true" is only set on the second one. -- Voytek Jarnot Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Hytail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:55 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: newbie: Variable Data in HTML Tags > > > > OK, I get what you are saying. I can then process the > request object in the form class and populate the value there. > Since forms will generally also do validation, do you > generally pass some type of variable in the request telling > the form DO NOT VALIDATE on an intial request? > Thanks, > Larry Hytail > Jarnot Voytek Contr AU HQ/SC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote:If you want to stick to the generally accepted Struts > best-practices, you > will never link directly to a JSP, only to an Action - which > could then > populate your form bean before forwarding to the JSP and the > JSP tag would > automagically have the right value. > > -- > Voytek Jarnot > Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry Hytail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:34 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: newbie: Variable Data in HTML Tags > > > > > > > > I have started playing with Struts and have some simple > > things working well. I have looked around but can't answer > > the following. > > > > Say I have this in my JSP: > > > > > > > > Then the field "name" will have a default value of "SAM". > > But what if I want "SAM" to be variable based on a parameter > > passed in on the request? I can't seem to figure out how to > > do this seemingly simple thing. > > > > Say I use URL: > > > > http://localhost:8080/web/JSP/depositMail.jsp?name="BOB"; > > > > and I want "BOB" then to show up as the default value. How > > do I code the html tag? > > > > I am sure this is simple and will greatly appreciate the push > > in the right direction. > > > > Larry Hytail > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
