dynamically setting the html:select property

[JRender]

Hi there,

inside an iterate tag I'm creating multiple textboxes and selects.

to unqiuely identify each item I am appending the index from the iteration
(idx) to the name; e.g.

<input type="text" name="rate#<bean:write name="idx"/>" maxlength="10"
value="<bean:write name="limitBean" property="rate" />">

I also need to do this for drop down selections. However I'm having some
problems with naming the selects dynamically.

<html:select property="lookup#<%= idx %>" >

didn't work, the result was <select name="lookup#<%= idx %>" >

I also tried setting an attribute on my form

<jsp:setProperty name="coverDetailsForm" property="lookupIdx" value="<%=
idx %>" />
                <html:select property="coverDetailsForm.lookupIdx" value="
<%= limitBean.getLimit().getLookupDataId().toString() %>" >
                     <html:options name="limitBean" property="values"
labelName="limitBean" labelProperty="labels"/>
               </html:select>

the result was <select name="coverDetailsForm.lookupIdx" >


I've had to resort to scriptlets, please help..

thanks James