No, what you're trying isn't legal. Try this instead:
<jsp:forward page='<%= "Categories.jsp?index=" +
request.getParameter("parentId")%>' />
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Martin Cooper
Tumbleweed Communications
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rahul Naithani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 1:09 AM
Subject: confusion with jsp:forward
> Hi,
> Is the following an illegal line of code:
>
> <jsp:forward page="Categories.jsp?index=<%=
> request.getParameter("parentId")%>" />
>
> On running the above piece of code I get the following error:
>
> "org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParseException: C:\AddNewCategory.jsp(24,76)
> Attribute parentId has no value"
>
> I have tested the value of parentId. It does have a valid value.
>
> I am using tomcat 3.1 on windows 2000.
>
> Thanks,
> Rahul.
>
>
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