Thanks. yes, the userBean is the actionform associated with the jsp page. I tried it using the below given code..i used userID instead of user ..just for test.. <html:select name="userDataBean" property="userID"> <html:optionsCollection name="userDataBean" property="roleUser" label ="roleID" value="desc" /> </html:select>
But it's giving me below given error.. No getter method available for property userID for bean under name userDataBean' But the userDataBean is having the getter method for the userID .. bye, prashant.. "Nagendra Kumar O V S" To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: go.com> Subject: Re: <html:select> problem 08/11/03 06:27 PM Please respond to "Struts Users Mailing List" hi, u r not v clear in ur question is userBean, the action form associated with the jsp page..?? if yes. then <html:select name="userDataBean" property="user"> <html:optionsCollection name="userDataBean" property="roleUser" label="roleid" value="desc" /> </html:select> should work for u the property "user" should also be in the action form, which holds the value of the client selected in the drop down on the form submit -- nagi -------Original Message------- From: Struts Users Mailing List Date: Monday, August 11, 2003 06:03:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = HTML /> problem Hi, I have a problem handling nested beans.. For example... I have a userBean as given below private int userID; private String lastName; private String firstName; private ArrayList roleUser; Where the last field Arraylist is the arraylist of the objects of the bean called roleUserBean. Again the roleUserBean has the following properties. private int roleid; private String desc; private String name; private ArrayList menuComponent; I have put the userBean in the session scope. Now I want to show all the elements in the ArrayList roleUser in a drop down. I am trying to use the <html:select> tag. But it's giving me errors. What I am doing is ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: <bean:define id="roleuser" name="userDataBean" property="roleUser" scope ="session" type="java.util.ArrayList"/> <html:select name="userDataBean" property="roleUser"> <html:options collection="roleuser" labelProperty="roleID" property ="desc" /> </html:select> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Please help .. Thanks in advance. Prashant M Desai. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . ____________________________________________________ IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]