hi there! i am a newbie in cocoon. currently i am trying to use cocoon with my jetspeed for the purpose of form rendering and validation. i have made a portlet out of the sample "manage employee" form in cocoon , which comes out ok on my jetspeed page. however , when i submit the form it throws the following error... description org.apache.cocoon.ProcessingException: Could not add record :java.lang.NumberFormatException: http://localhost:8080/cocoon/forms/-1 extra info java.lang.NumberFormatException: http://localhost:8080/cocoon/forms/-1 java.lang.NumberFormatException: http://localhost:8080/cocoon/forms/-1 at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:405) at java.lang.Integer.<init>(Integer.java:540) at org.apache.cocoon.acting.AbstractDatabaseAction.setColumn(AbstractDatabaseAc tion.java:579) at org.apache.cocoon.acting.AbstractDatabaseAction.setColumn(AbstractDatabaseAc tion.java:352) at org.apache.cocoon.acting.AbstractDatabaseAction.setColumn(AbstractDatabaseAc tion.java:338) at org.apache.cocoon.acting.AbstractDatabaseAction.setColumn(AbstractDatabaseAc tion.java:314) at org.apache.cocoon.acting.DatabaseAddAction.processTable(DatabaseAddAction.ja va:187) at org.apache.cocoon.acting.DatabaseAddAction.act(DatabaseAddAction.java:83) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.action_set_employee(sitemap_xmap.java:198 8) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.wildcardMatchN420(sitemap_xmap.java:5827) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.process(sitemap_xmap.java:2417) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.process(sitemap_xmap.java:2072) at org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.Handler.process(Handler.java:160) at org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.Manager.invoke(Manager.java:103) at org.apache.cocoon.Cocoon.process(Cocoon.java:423) at org.apache.cocoon.servlet.CocoonServlet.service(CocoonServlet.java:489) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(ServletWrapper.java:405) at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:287) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:79 7) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:743) at org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(HttpC onnectionHandler.java:213) at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416) at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:501) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484) org.apache.cocoon.ProcessingException: Could not add record:java.lang.NumberFormatException: http://localhost:8080/cocoon/forms/-1 org.apache.cocoon.ProcessingException: Could not add record:java.lang.NumberFormatException: http://localhost:8080/cocoon/forms/-1 at org.apache.cocoon.acting.DatabaseAddAction.act(DatabaseAddAction.java:96) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.action_set_employee(sitemap_xmap.java:198 8) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.wildcardMatchN420(sitemap_xmap.java:5827) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.process(sitemap_xmap.java:2417) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.process(sitemap_xmap.java:2072) at org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.Handler.process(Handler.java:160) at org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.Manager.invoke(Manager.java:103) at org.apache.cocoon.Cocoon.process(Cocoon.java:423) at org.apache.cocoon.servlet.CocoonServlet.service(CocoonServlet.java:489) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(ServletWrapper.java:405) at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:287) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:79 7) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:743) at org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(HttpC onnectionHandler.java:213) at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416) at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:501) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484) java.lang.NumberFormatException: http://localhost:8080/cocoon/forms/-1 at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:405) at java.lang.Integer.<init>(Integer.java:540) at org.apache.cocoon.acting.AbstractDatabaseAction.setColumn(AbstractDatabaseAc tion.java:579) at org.apache.cocoon.acting.AbstractDatabaseAction.setColumn(AbstractDatabaseAc tion.java:352) at org.apache.cocoon.acting.AbstractDatabaseAction.setColumn(AbstractDatabaseAc tion.java:338) at org.apache.cocoon.acting.AbstractDatabaseAction.setColumn(AbstractDatabaseAc tion.java:314) at org.apache.cocoon.acting.DatabaseAddAction.processTable(DatabaseAddAction.ja va:187) at org.apache.cocoon.acting.DatabaseAddAction.act(DatabaseAddAction.java:83) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.action_set_employee(sitemap_xmap.java:198 8) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.wildcardMatchN420(sitemap_xmap.java:5827) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.process(sitemap_xmap.java:2417) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.process(sitemap_xmap.java:2072) at org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.Handler.process(Handler.java:160) at org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.Manager.invoke(Manager.java:103) at org.apache.cocoon.Cocoon.process(Cocoon.java:423) at org.apache.cocoon.servlet.CocoonServlet.service(CocoonServlet.java:489) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(ServletWrapper.java:405) at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:287) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:79 7) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:743) at org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(HttpC onnectionHandler.java:213) at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416) at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:501) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484) can anyone please tell me what exactly is happening here? 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