use jsp:getProperty instead. Adriano.
-----Mensagem original----- De: sean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviada em: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 3:55 PM Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Assunto: <bean:write> problem <a onclick='returnData(<bean:write name="xloc" property="script" />)'> <bean:write name="xloc" property="locCode"/> </a> this <a> tag should output something like this onclick = 'returnData("y-2342","234","home office", "10230 your street", "nj", "union", "02932", "12fl") but instead it does this onclick = 'returnData("y-2342","234","home office", "10230 your street", "nj", "union", "02932", "12fl") how can i prevent that. is there something to stop the translation of the \" character //get method for the bean defined as xloc public String getScript() { String qt = "\""; String comma = ","; StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(); buf.append(qt + locCode + qt + comma); buf.append(qt + costCtr + qt + comma); buf.append(qt + branch + qt + comma); buf.append(qt + str3 + qt + comma); buf.append(qt + st + qt + comma); buf.append(qt + city + qt + comma); buf.append(qt + zip + qt + comma); buf.append(qt + flr + qt ); return buf.toString(); } --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]

