Why don't you store the temporary object in the session object and check to see if the object exists when rendering the form?
-----Original Message----- From: Struts Newsgroup [mailto:@[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: storing data beyond single page scope without commiting to database Subject: storing data beyond single page scope without commiting to database From: Simon Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> === Hello all, I have a system where I am creating an object with a certain amount of data, let's call it object A. It references to one or more object Bs that can be said to 'belong' to it. Let's say that there are not any object Bs that fit the criteria of what I want, so in my form to input an object A, I have a button to add an object B to go with it. What I could do is when I click the button to create a new object B, I submit the data so far entered for object A and store the data in a database. I then enter my data for object B, submit, and get taken back to object A where my form entries are restored, together with the new object B in, say, a drop down list. However this raises the problem that the data for the incomplete object A could become available to other users unless I put in an 'active' flag or something like it so that until I finally submit the data for object A other users can't see it. What I would *like* to do is store the data for object A in the form bean for it and retrieve it later on after creating object B. This seems to be an issue of scope. I feel this is probably something people have done a lot before, but I can't find anything that concisely and clearly explains it on the struts website. Can anybody suggest something, or point me in the direction of things to read? Incidentally, I suppose one way around it would be to maintain a database connection and only commit my changes for the object A on completion of submission for both A and B, but I'm using a database connection pool anyway which would negate this, no? Many thanks for any help. Simon -- Simon Kirk perception|be.developer(java) t. +44 (0) 20 7689 1200 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
