Is it possible to change a bean reference after the <jsp:useBean> tag? i.e. ... <jsp:useBean id="account" class="myPackage.AccountBean" scope="request" /> ... <% request.setAttribute("account", account = myBeanGetterMethod()); %> <jsp:setProperty name="account" property="*" /> ... The last tag does not seem to affect the instance referenced by account, but the instance operating on when later using <jsp:getProperty name="account" property="amount" /> I am using JRun 2.3.3 and JSP1.0 regards Ola =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". FAQs on JSP can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html