Hello, I would like to access methods from a class that I've already instantiated from my JSP. The thought is that, I've made a database call and poplulated all of the class variables and want to access them via the classes' get methods from within the JSP. After the class has been instantiated I am calling the JSP. I have the following JSP that works fine, but it creates a new "testObject" and I don't have access to the data from my already instantiated testObject. Any thoughts? Does this even make sense to do? - Ed <%@ page import="testObject" %> <jsp:useBean id="test" class="testObject" scope="application" /> <% session.putValue("name", "Happy Gilmore"); %> The current date is <%= new java.util.Date() %> The Session Name is: <%= session.getValue("name") %> The Java HashTable name is: <%= request.getAttribute("name") %> Object stuff is: <%= request.getAttribute("object") %> Direct call to object: <%= test.getName() %> =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets