yes, it is a bad restriction and that follows from the bean definition. So now you should be able only run zero-arg constructor and set parameters after that via separate calls (some like setSomething(...) Regards, Dmitry P.S. by the way, see our alaJSP stuff: http://coldjava.hypermart.net we are using classes, not beans. ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".