no offence meant James but I've had past experience when the so called architects and designer of my client have asked me not to use hidden variables...period...
they would not listen to anything, they would not discuss about and hence my question. Obviously you do understand that the answer given by you is something I cannot tell to my customers but thanks for answering anyway. ansuman -----Original Message----- From: James Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 4:43 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: method to get new Id to next action when old Id is in request? That's ridiculous. If that were true, then just give up and go home. -- James Mitchell Software Engineer / Struts Evangelist http://www.struts-atlanta.org 770-822-3359 AIM:jmitchtx > -----Original Message----- > From: ansuman_behera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 2:51 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: method to get new Id to next action when old Id is in > request? > > > what if there is a restriction that the developers should not be > using hidden variables? what do you do in this case? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rohit Aeron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 11:54 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: method to get new Id to next action when old Id is in > request? > > > Try putting up id as a hidden variable... > > Eg: > > <html:hidden name="FormBean" property="id"/> > > > it would work > > regards > Rohit > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Hardy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 2:56 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: method to get new Id to next action when old Id is in request? > > I have two actions chained together. They both take the same formbean. > The first is sectionInsert.do and the second, which sectionInsert > forwards to on success, is sectionEdit.do > > sectionInsert.do receives the properties of a Section in the request > parameters, including id=0 where it is 0 because it does not exist in > the DB yet. So it inserts the new Section into the DB and returns the > new id, which is needed by sectionEdit to put into the html for the edit > page. > > I originally thought I could save the new id to the formbean and this > would get passed on, but sectionEdit instantiates its own formbean and > fills it with the request parameters - include id=0. > > Is there an intuitive way of passing on the new id? > > I already use sectionEdit.do as a first action by calling it with an id > on a querystring, where the formbean picks it up. I would like to use a > method that is easy for both these situations. > > I'd appreciate any inspiration. > Adam > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > *---------- > This message and any attachment(s) is intended only for the use > of the addressee(s) and may contain information that is > PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended > addressee(s), you are hereby notified that any use, distribution, > disclosure or copying of this communication is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > please erase all copies of the message and its attachment(s) and > notify the sender or Kanbay postmaster immediately. > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender and not of Kanbay. > > Although we have taken steps to ensure that this e-mail and any > attachment(s) are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping > with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are > actually virus free. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
