i am trying to write an jsp where a bean is instaniated and has it data initialized on one jsp page. and then another page should be able to read the data from the bean. i have set the scope of the bean to request, but when it goes to the other page, i noticed that it is creating a new bean rather using the bean that was instaniated from the previous page. am i misunderstanding the scope of the bean? how can i get bean to be recognized by two jsp files without using session scope? peter choe =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". 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