This is fine. Just leave out both the name and input attributes, since neither apply when there is not an ActionForm.
-Ted. Piper, James D CECOM SEC EPS wrote: > I am new to struts and I don't know if this is of any use or if it is even > right, but when I wanted to call an Action when the user clicked a link I > used something like (no forms involved): > > <p>Build Database: <a href="1-5-1_BuildDatabaseAction.do">Button</a></p> > > and in my struts-config.xml had something like: > > <action > path="/1-5-1_BuildDatabaseAction" > type="com.myapp.view.DBAdminClient" > name="" > input="/1-5_SAMainPage.jsp"> > <forward name="db_create_success" path="/success.html"/> > <forward name="db_create_failed" path="/fail.html"/> > </action> > > I left name="" because I wasn't doing anything with a form, just responding > to a user clicking on a link. I welcome comments letting me know if this is > the right way to be doing this or (rather more likely) that I am clueless > and that there is some other struts mechanism I should be using to handle > getting access to the action mappings when no forms are involved. > > Thanks, > > - Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 1:40 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: Call action from JSP > > > > I don't use form because I don't need to submit any data. The action will > perform some logic against query string in request and data in session, and > forward wither to a success page or a failure page. > > I could put this logic directly in JSP rather than in an action, but I > don't want so many Java code in JSP. > > > > > > "Galbreath, Mark" > > <Galbreath@tessco. To: "'Struts Users > Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > com> cc: > > Subject: RE: Call action > from JSP > 09/05/2002 12:27 > > PM > > Please respond to > > "Struts Users > > Mailing List" > > > > > > > > > Why would you want to call an Action class directly from a JSP (outside a > form:action block)? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 1:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Call action from JSP > > > Could someone help me on this code: > > In *.jsp: > > <% > if (condition satisfied) { > // how to fill this line to call an action, say invoke.do? > } > %> > > Thanks. > > > -- > 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]> > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY US co-author, Java Web Development with Struts Order it today: <http://husted.com/struts/book.html> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
