This has been discussed several times on this list. Please do a _little_ homework before posting. Sorry to be so harsh.
One solution: Create a set-up action which when invoked retrieves the required values from the data store, populates your form, and then forwards to the page where the data is rendered. robert > -----Original Message----- > From: deepank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 9:16 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: initilaizing form bean values > > > hi, > > i have form bean for which i would like to initialize some fields > with values before displaying the jsp. > > for example if i have something like this in my jsp, how can i > initialize this input field from my Action class with a value > that i get from the database > > > <html:text property="mail_id" />, this should display some initial data > > any help will be apprecaited > > Deepank > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>