You can't do it directly. However, I think that if you put the list in a map (or some other object), then you can do it:
Map parms = new HashMap(); parms.put ("items", someList); Then in your SqlMap: <select id="countPeopleWithSurname" parameterClass="java.util.Map" resultClass="int"> SELECT count(*) FROM person WHERE per_last_name = #items[0]# </select> Jeff Butler On 9/18/07, Peter Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I want to pass in a List as a parameter class and select the first item > from the list. I know it is possible to use the <iterate> tag, but is it > possible to pull out a single item for a given index? For example, in the > following select I to get the item at position 0: > > <select id="countPeopleWithSurname" parameterClass="java.util.List" > resultClass="int"> > SELECT count(*) FROM person WHERE per_last_name = <item 0> > </select> > > > Likewise in an insert I may want to pull out the different items: > > > <insert id="insertPerson" parameterClass="person"> > INSERT INTO PERSON (PER_ID, PER_FIRST_NAME, PER_LAST_NAME, > PER_BIRTH_DATE, PER_WEIGHT_KG, PER_HEIGHT_M) VALUES (<item 0>, > <item 1>, <item 2>, <item 3>, <item 4>, <item 5>) > </insert> > > > Thanks > Peter > > > > > >