Thanks for your help with this. I found the problem eventually. In my action mappings I had got validation="true" for the action that I wanted to be validated, but I hadn't included validation="false" for the others.
Catharine > among other things, it is the page to fall back on if > validation fails. > > so if you enter your form data correctly, you will go to the > appropriate > page, but if you make a mistake, it looks at 'input' for where to go, > hence you may have seen it sometimes and not others? > > In my case below, it is a name from my tiles-config.xml file... > > just add it to your action mapping: > > <action path="/SearchBySequence" > type="torch.controller.SearchBySequenceAction" > name="SearchBySequenceForm" > scope="request" > validate="true" > input="order_entry.SearchBySequence"> > ... > </action> > > -jeff > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

