Hi Richard Yes I can do that - but the problem is that 'listIndex' does not logically belong to the Student ActionForm - it is more an external info.
Rivka -----Original Message----- From: Richard Yee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 6:20 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: request attribute in jsp - please advice Can you set the listIndex as an attribute of your form in the EditStudentAction? You can then retrieve it as part of your formBean. -Richard --- Rivka Shisman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello friends > > I have an EditStudent.jsp page in which I have a > form. Before the form > tag I get a request attribute called 'listIndex'. > But, when my > validate() method fails on field validation it > returns back to the above > mentioned jsp page with an appropriate message. That > is o.k. - the > problem is that this causes the removal of the > request attribute that > was originally set by the EditStudentAction. > > So what I do now in the jsp page is something like > this: > > <% int listIndex = 0; > > If (request.getAttribute("index") != null){ > > listIndex = > request.getAttribute("index"); > > }else{ > > If (request.getParameter("myIndex") != > null){ > > listIndex = > request.getParameter("myIndex"); > > } > > %> > > And then under the <html:form> I have an hidden > input like: > > <INPUT type="hidden" name="myIndex" value=<% > =listIndex%> > > When the validate{} fails the - > getParameter("myIndex") - enables me to > restore my request attribute via the hidden > parameter. > > Do you know a nicer way to do it? > > > > Thanks > > Rivka > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________________ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
