On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Chen, Gin wrote:

> Hi all,
>       How can I use jstl when accessing values with special chars in
> the name? In particular, the period. I have a param that is being
> passed in as user.name for example. It does not mean name in user
> object, it just comes from someone declaring fields as:
> 
> <input type="text" name="user.name">
> <input type="text" name="user.email">
> 
> etc..
> 
> how about when the special value name is in one of the scopes?
> 
> I cant do pageScope.user.name i'm assuming.

Right, but you can use the '[]' notation, as in

 ${pageScope["user.name"]}

If they come directly from a form, then you'll want

 ${param["user.name"]}

-- 
Shawn Bayern
"JSTL in Action"   http://www.jstlbook.com


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