For brevity you could also try:
application.setAttribute("errorMessage",new String("NO Error Message"));
Colin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Galbreath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: Communication between JSP and servlets
> Look at the API - setAttribute() takes a String and an Object, not 2
> Strings. Try something like:
>
> String errorMessage = "NO Error Message";
> application.setAttribute( "errorMessage", errorMessage);
>
>
> Cheers!
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Lindsay
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 2:49 PM
>
> I am not able to get session or application scope tracking to work for
some
> reason. Currently the code is trying to use
> application tracking, but I know I should be using session tracking for
> items that are for the user session.
>
> In my userLoggidIn.jsp page I have:
> Error Message = < <%= application.getAttribute("errorMessage") %> >
>
> In my servlet I have:
> application.setAttribute("errorMessage", "NO error message");
>
> esponse.sendRedirect( response.encodeRedirectURL("/userLoggedIn.jsp");
>
> The output is *always*: "Error Message = < null >". What the heck am I
> doing wrong?
>
>
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