Sorry there was a typo in last one Hi,
You don't need to have two actions but you can have different mappings for the same action class For e.g. <action name="formbean" path="abcdisplay" type="AbcAction.java" > <forward name="success" path="jsp name" /> </action> <action name="formbean" path="abcProcess" type="AbcAction.java" validate="true" input="abcErrorShow"> <forward name="success" path="results jsp" /> </action> <action name="formbean" path="abcErrorShow" type="AbcAction.java"> <forward name="success" path="jsp name" /> </action> Now in the action class use If(mapping.getPath().equals(abcdisplay)){ Get data from backend } Else if(mapping.getPath().equals(abcProcess)){ Process data from backend } Else if(mapping.getPath().equals(abcErrorShow)){ Populate data from form bean itself } Regards Anant -----Original Message----- From: Leonardo Francalanci [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 5:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: repost: validator & retrieving data I'm sorry but nobody answered my question... Could somebody help me? I'm using validator for my pages. Searching the mailing list I found that I should use 2 actions: "If there are 2 actions, one to "prepare" the page and one to "process" the user input, we define the input attribute value of the "process" action mapping to be the URL of the "prepare" action." I think it's right, but now I have this problem: The "prepare" page retrieves data from the db. If validation fails, the user is forwarded from the "process" action to the "prepare" action. In this case I don't want to retrieve data from the db, but leave what the user entered before. In other words I want to retrieve data only if the user asked for the "prepare" action, not when he is redirected to the "prepare" action from the input property of "process" action. Is there a way to do that? The only way i found is an hidden field, but I don't like it... --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Confidentiality Notice The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at Wipro or [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]