Thanks Vijay. That's is an excellent idea to separate the view and submittal logic. But i'm not yet sure if struts can automatically select the appropriate selection in a dropdown based on the arry of strings from the form object.
ATTA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vijay Balakrishnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 12:00 PM Subject: RE: A column consisting of html:select widgets > Have you tried using a separate ViewAction for the display and a > SubmitAction for the submittal.The ViewAction could populate the data from > the DB and set multiple selected values depending on the values in the DB. > > Vijay > > -----Original Message----- > From: atta-ur rehman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 11:27 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: A column consisting of html:select widgets > > > Thanks Amit. > > And that's exactly what i'm doing! Still i fails to show the correct option > for the dropdowns. > > Are you sure its available in struts 1.0? moreover, is my approach to define > String[] getter/setter is correct? > > ATTA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Amit Kirdatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 10:58 AM > Subject: RE: A column consisting of html:select widgets > > > > Atta, > > > > In your JSP page do the following > > > > <html:select property="item"> > > <html:options collection="myOptions" property="value" > > labelProperty="label"/> </html:select> > > > > Where the collection myOptions is a List of beans. Those beans have > > two fields value and label > > > > Hope that helps! > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: atta-ur rehman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 12:46 PM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: A column consisting of html:select widgets > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > I'm using struts 1.0.2. > > > > I have a requirement where i need to show a column consisting of > > dropdown lists. Every row of the table for the column shows a dropdown > > with the > same > > list of options. > > > > I've used String[] getCategory() and setCategory(String[]) > > getter/setter > in > > thr ActionForm. On the form submission i get the correct selected > > values > for > > all the rows. Now my questions is how do I set the values of these > dropdown > > from he database when the page is shown for the very first time. I've > tried > > setCategory(String[]) setter, but the dropdowns don't show the correct > > option selected! > > > > I've also tried to search from the mail archive to no avail. > > > > Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > > > ATTA > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or > > proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity > > to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the > > intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is > > hereby notified > that > > any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is > > prohibited. > If > > you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by > replying > > to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
