Sorry that was supposed to be:
if(!(password.equals("")) || !(null == password))
{
do some stuff
}
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From: John McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: checking for null password
> Try this:
>
> if(password.equals("") || !(null == password))
> {
> do some stuff
> }
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Harish Satyanarayanrao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 4:08 PM
> Subject: checking for null password
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a problem in a servlet which i wrote.
> >
> > The servlet accepts a username and password from a HTML form.
> >
> > I am accessing the same using getParameter function in the doGet
function.
> >
> > String pwsd = request.getParamater("PASSWORD");
> >
> > To check if the user pressed the submit button without entering the
> password,
> > I tried
> > if (pswd==null) {//show the login page again with a error message}
> >
> > The program does not enter this if loop .
> > (The string pswd is getting assigned a value if i do enter the password
in
> the
> > HTML form)
> >
> > Am i missing something?
> >
> > Harish
> >
> >
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