"Eric Hodges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I have a form with a list of elements on it. Each element has an "Edit"
> button associated with it. When the user clicks the Edit button for a
> specific element, I want to send back the value of indexId in a hidden
field
> on the form. I can't figure out a clean way to do this. The
documentation
> says "indexId" will create a bean, but it really creates an Integer (which
> isn't a JavaBean). I've tried passing my indexId to a Javascript function
> that sets the form's hidden field sort of like this:
>
> <nested:submit propert="edit" value="Edit"
> onclick="setEditIndex(<%=index%>)"/>
>
> but the <nested:submit> tag is evaluated before the <%=index%> tag
The problem is that you have illegal JSP syntax for the 'onclick' attribute.
The attribute value must be a string literal or a scripting expression. You
cannot mix the two. Try this instead:
onclick='<%= "setEditIndex(" + index + ")" %>'
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Martin Cooper
>
>
> Right now I've got some ugly JSP code that outputs the submit element that
> calls the Javascript function that sets the hidden field. There must be a
> simpler way. Any ideas?
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