you have to have rt turned on. why don't you just write it as EL enabled? the classes in jstl core package is great for it. -Tim
-----Original Message----- From: James Norman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Non EL enabled tags If I were to write a non EL-enabled tag of my own, would the following work: <myTag:something value="<%= request.getContextPath() %>" /> b/c I am getting the string literal in the tag. -james --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]