Let me clarify the last statement: Page.do will write over any input values to which it is programmed to write.
...more eloquently stated by Jim "It shouldn't... unless you are overwriting those fields in page.do explicitly." robert > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 4:37 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: Request bean is lost > > > Yes, it will write over any input values... > > In this case, you might want to consider populating > the lists in the forms.reset() as mentioned earlier. > > ...not my prefered approach as it puts business logic > in the form; its more of a work around. > > > robert > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 4:23 PM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: RE: Request bean is lost > > > > > > Umh... > > Let me try to express myself more clearly! > > > > Page.do > > ------------- > > My Page.do obtains 3 lists from the DB based on the user's security > > attributes. > > Default values are set for 2 of the lists such as month and year. > > All of this is done in the Form Bean. > > > > > > PageSubmit.do > > ----------------------- > > The user selects a diffierent month other than the default and submits the > > request to PageSubmit.do > > > > The input for the PageSubmit.do mapping is /Page.do > > So this means that all of the Page.do logic is done again? > > Won't this overwrite what the user has entered? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Jim Barrows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 06/07/2004 04:16 PM > > Please respond to "Struts Users Mailing List" > > > > > > > > > > > > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > cc: > > > > Subject: RE: Request bean is lost > > Classification: > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 1:04 PM > > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > Subject: RE: Request bean is lost > > > > > > > > > My lists are specific to each user based on security > > > attributes obtained > > > from the database. > > > Therefore, the application scope solution is not acceptable for these > > > lists. > > > > > > If I go the first solution route, then I have my 3 Lists as > > > part of the > > > Form bean. > > > The user selects from the list and submits the data. > > > If I set the imput to /Page.do wouldn't I lose the user's input? > > > > No, the input param in struts-config.xml is expressly used for the case > > where validation fails. So you > > won't lose anything. > > > > > > > > - Glenn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Robert Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 06/07/2004 02:39 PM > > > Please respond to "Struts Users Mailing List" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > cc: > > > > > > Subject: RE: Request bean is lost > > > Classification: > > > > > > > > > One solution is to point the input attribute value of the > > > PageSubmit.do > > > action mapping > > > to the Page.do action mapping thus re-retrieving the lists before > > > displaying the page. > > > > > > An alternative solution is to override the reset() of your > > > action form so > > > that it > > > retrieves the lists from the database and places them in the > > > appropriate > > > scope. > > > > > > If the lists are composed of static data, you might consider > > > retrieving > > > them on > > > application start up and placing them in application scope > > > (ServletContext) where > > > they will be available to all requests and then there would > > > be no need to > > > retrieve > > > them each time the page is displayed. > > > > > > robert > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 1:39 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Request bean is lost > > > > > > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > > > I have an action Page.do that gets 3 lists from a database. > > > > It then places the lists inside a bean which is set in the request. > > > > The Page.jsp iterates thru the bean to display the data. > > > > > > > > The form is posted to the PageSubmit.do. > > > > But before the PageForm.validate() is executed. > > > > Assume that an error is found... > > > > The response is returned > > > > > > > > And this is where my bean is lost. > > > > Why? > > > > > > > > I do not want to store thr bean in the HTTP Session. > > > > > > > > TIA, > > > > Glenn. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
