for anyone else who comes across this problem in the future, the html
special character reference "'" is the correct replacement for an
apostrophe (not "´"). just so everyone knows the alternative solution
in addition to the double apostrophe solution.
cheers,
will
----- Original Message -----
From: "w i l l i a m b o y d" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: Help: ActionError - <html:errors /> does not expand the {0}
placeholder
> thanks paul,
>
> you are right. for what it's worth, i'd already solved my problem by
trying
> ´ in place of the apostrophe in the resources bundle (great minds
> think alike ;¬) i'll give the double apostrophe's a shot next.
>
> cheers all,
> will
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Linden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 6:40 AM
> Subject: Re: Help: ActionError - <html:errors /> does not expand the {0}
> placeholder
>
>
> > Your comment about the apostrophe is a clue - it's a special character
> > in the MessageFormat class that's used for quoting. Use two apostrophes
> > to display '. I think you'll find {0} will then be evaluated.
> >
> > And relax - Jeff's response may have been no help to you, but he was
> > trying.
> > And please turn off your request for return receipts.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > w i l l i a m b o y d wrote:
> >
> > >hello all,
> > >
> > >developing on w98 with tomcat 3.2.24, mysql 3.23.36, struts 1.0.2, jdk
> > >1.3.1., servlet 2.2. will be deploying on basically similar setup; but
> > >deployment os is xp.
> > >
> > >i got a jsp page that has a choice box that allows multiple choices. i
> set a
> > >validation rule in my action form's validate method, that disallows
users
> > >from selecting more options than permitted by my limit. if a user goes
> over
> > >the limit the form doesn't get submitted. the validation rule is
checked
> > >just fine; struts creates an error for it and adds it to the errors
> > >collection. but the error message that is displayed on the input page
> does
> > >not contain the parameterized message as expected. instead, it shows
the
> > >complete, unformatted message, exactly (minus an apostrophe) as it
> appears
> > >in the resource bundle! does anybody know what i'm overlooking? is this
a
> > >bug in 1.0.2?
> > >
> > >here is what gets displayed (verbatim) on the input page after the
> > >validation error is created:
> > >
> > > Sorry! Youve selected too many choices for {0}. (what happened
to
> my
> > >apostrophe in "You've" ?)
> > >
> > >here is the appropriate line from my resource bundle:
> > >
> > > error.prefs.limit=Sorry! You've selected too many choices for
{0}.
> > >
> > >here is a snip from my form's validate method:
> > > ...
> > > ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();
> > > ...
> > > if ( isTooManyPrefs ) {
> > > ActionError prefMusicError = new ActionError(
> "error.prefs.limit",
> > >"Preferred Music" );
> > > errors.add( "prefMusic", prefMusicError );
> > >
> > > }
> > > ...
> > >
> > >here are the results of me looping through prefMusicError.getValues()
> inside
> > >validate:
> > >
> > > error.prefs.limit's replacement value # 0: Preferred Music
> > > error.prefs.limit's replacement value # 1: null
> > > error.prefs.limit's replacement value # 2: null
> > > error.prefs.limit's replacement value # 3: null
> > >
> > >
> > >here is a snip from the input page that generates the validation error
> and
> > >to which struts reports the error:
> > >
> > > ...
> > > <td><html:errors /> </td>
> > > ...
> > >
> > >what's going on here? why doesn't struts format the message to include
> the
> > >replacement value. it's obviously there! at least *i* can get at it
from
> the
> > >object array that i get from ActionError.getValues()! please, help!
> thanks
> > >in advance.
> > >
> > >will
> > >
> > >
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