You have the syntax for passing objects correct, but I don't understand
the error you got. I'm still kind of hacking to.
--Monte Glenn Gardner
On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Means, Garann R. wrote:
> Monte,
>
> I'm only putting them in <%! %> tags because I get errors like this when I
> don't:
>
> An error occurred between lines: 51 and 53 in the jsp file:
> /LabGenEdit.jsp
>
> Generated servlet error:
>
> C:\Tomcat\jakarta-tomcat-4.0\work\localhost\HepC\LabGenEdit$jsp.java:121:
> Type expected.
> out.write("\r\n\t\r\n");
> ^
> Is there another way to approach it? (I'm just sort of hacking my way
> through this..)
>
> Also, what is the syntax for passing a request? Just:
>
> someVar = brokenMethod(request);
> ...
> public int brokenMethod(HttpServletRequest request) { ... } ?
>
> Thanks for responding so quickly!
> Garann
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gardner Monte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 10:35 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Where to put methods for a jsp page?
>
>
> I may have misunderstood what you're asking, but let me give it a
> try. If you are using the <%! %> syntax for declaring JSP methods, then
> you have to understand that those methods are seperat from the
> main method of your JSP page, which is actually the service() method
> of a servlet. The request object is a local variable of the
> service method, and therefore does not exist in your other methods.
> If you want other methods to be able to access the request object, you
> have to pass the request object into the methods via parameters.
>
> --hope that helps.
>
> --Monte Glenn Gardner
>
>
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Means, Garann R. wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm converting a bunch of asp pages to jsp. The asp pages had methods
> > running on the server side, so I've left them there in the jsp. When I try
> > to compile the jsp, I get errors telling me the compiler doesn't know
> > "request.getParameter", but only within the methods. I'll post the code,
> and
> > maybe someone can give me feedback?
> >
> > <!-- top of page (there are some declarations up here, superfluous for
> these
> > methods) -->
> > <%! public String mkDate() {
> > String sHourHTML = "";
> > String sMinHTML = "";
> > String sHTML = "";
> >
> > sHTML = "<select name='selCollHour'>";
> >
> > // ...
> > // ...
> > // ... this all compiles fine, and doesn't use
> > request.getParameter
> >
> > return sHTML;
> > } %>
> >
> > <%! public String redChem(String root) {
> > float usrIn = 0;
> > float lBnd = 0;
> > float uBnd = 0;
> > String sRed = "";
> >
> > // these next three lines are throwing the errors
> > usrIn = Float.parseFloat(request.getParameter("txtArea" +
> > root));
> > lBnd = Float.parseFloat(request.getParameter("hdnLowBnd" +
> > root));
> > uBnd = Float.parseFloat(request.getParameter("hdnUpBnd" +
> > root));
> >
> > if (usrIn != 0) {
> > if ((usrIn > uBnd) || (usrIn < lBnd)) {
> > sRed = "style='color:red'";
> > }
> > else {
> > sRed = "";
> > }
> > }
> > return sRed;
> > } %>
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Garann Rose Means
> > ITAS1
> > WA State Dept. of Corrections
> >
> >
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