I had fun with:

<c:choose><c:when test="${empty main.outlet_no
}">&nbsp;</c:when><c:otherwise><c:out
value="${main.outlet_no}"/></c:otherwise></c:choose>

- Nic Werner

> Request for a new feature, I think:
>
> I'd like to be able to turn off escaping for the default value in the
> <c:out> tag, but not the regular value if it exists.
>
> Here's what I'm trying to do:
> When displaying HTML tables that contain CSS borders, I need to put a
> blank  value(&nbsp;) in those cells that contain null values, otherwise
> the  borders won't appear correctly. This is a common requirement.
>
> With JSTL 1.0, there's a problem if I try to use this pattern:
> <td><c:out value="${someVariable}" default="&nbsp;"
> escapeXml="false"/></td>
>
> The problem is that I want escaping turned on for the regular variable
> value, if it exists. Perhaps there should be two new attributes for the
> <c:out> tag: valueEscapeXml and defaultEscapeXml.
>
> - Jim
>
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