Yeah, that's all I could come up with too. There really should be a more graceful technique built into JSP...
I wrote two custom tags. One to replace " with " for input field values and another to insert a backslash before quotes for use within javascript code. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance Lavandowska" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 2:55 PM Subject: Re: Dealing with embedded quotes in dynamic values > We added a method to our StringUtils class that replaces " with " > and then call that whenever we're placing a String into an input form that > uses the value="" format: > <input type="text" name="myfield", value="<%= StringUtils.replaceQuotes(myBean.getStringValue()) %>" /> > > Your javascript problem is not clear, but if the above does not work, you could try escaping " with \", or change them to ' (single-quote). > > Lance > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Larsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 1:04 PM > Subject: Dealing with embedded quotes in dynamic values > > > > Does anyone have any good references or ideas on > > how to deal with embedded quotes in JSP? For example, > > if I have the following in my JSP: > > > > <input type="text" name="myfield" value="<%= myBean.getSomeStringValue() %>"> > > > > the value is not properly displayed if the result of the myBean value > > has double quotes embedded in the string. It get's even worse if you > > need to embed a JSP value in Javascript because misplaced quotes will > > generally result in a scripting error in the browser. > > > > Jeff > > 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://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > http://www.jspinsider.com =========================================================================== 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://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com