I believe that your problem is that the field names are the same as your label names and with the validator both are in the stack. ${getText(user.password)} is first evaluating user.password and finding the field value "1234". getText is then trying to locate an entry for "1234" and cannot find one so it is just return "1234".
It might work if you try ${getText('user.password')}. Otherwise, you may need to rename it. -----Original Message----- From: J. Garcia [mailto:jogaco...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 8:10 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: getText in error messages: resource bundle or bean value? Hi, I'm having a problem with getText(). I have the following xml validator: <field name="user.confirmPassword"> <field-validator type="requiredstring"> <message key="errors.required"/> </field-validator> <field-validator type="fieldexpression"> <param name="expression"> (user.confirmPassword.equals(user.password)) </param> <message key="errors.confirmPassSame"/> </field-validator> </field> And the error message is defined in a bundle like this: errors.confirmPassSame=The ${getText(user.confirmPassword)} field has to have the same value as the ${getText(user.password)} field. ... user.confirmPassword=Confirm Password user.password=Password I would expect a message like: The Confirm Password field has to have the same value as the Password field. However, when the error message is shown, instead of the text from the resource bundle, what is shown are the actual values of the bean, like this: The abcd field has to have the same value as the 1234 field. Is this a bug in getText()? Cheers, J. Garcia ----------------------------------------- ***Note:The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the Sender immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Premier Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org