is searchField a multiple select?

are you sure that no other input box/button is named 'searchField'?

you can get an array in either of these scenarios.

Charlie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russ Bonsall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 1:45 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Request parameters not coming through correctly 
> [Tomcat 4.1.12]
> 
> 
> 
> I am having a problem in Tomcat 4.1.12 that I did not have in 
> Tomcat 4.0.4.
> I have a jsp that has two forms.  Both forms have the same 
> name and use most
> of the same parameters.  The first form has a 
> drop-down("searchField") and a
> textfield("searchString").  In Tomcat 4.0.4 these values came 
> through fine.
> In Tomcat 4.1.12 the values are coming through in the 
> request, but they are
> the second element in a String array.  In other words, to get 
> the values out
> I have to do something like the following:
> 
> String searchFields[] = request.getParameterValues("searchField");
> String searchFieldValue = searchFields[1]; 
> 
> I should be able to just do:
> String searchFieldValue = request.getParameter("searchField");
> 
> 
> Why would I be getting an array with two values?  I was able 
> to get the form
> to work if it was the only thing in the jsp, so I believe 
> there is something
> external to the form being picked up as an additional 
> parameter, but I can't
> figure it out.  Any ideas?
> 
> 
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