Remember the JSP script is evaluated server side and its result is what is rendered to the browser. Only the resulting html is what is evaluated by the browser which knows nothing of the original scriptlets.
To check this out just do 'view source' in your browser on the page so you can see what is actually being rendered to the response and seen by the browser! % String value="hello";%> <html:text size="20" property="userId" onchange="javascript:find(<%=value%>)"/></TD> Will cause (something like) this to be rendered: <input type="text" size="20" name="userId" onchange="javascript:find(hello)"/> BTW: Should have spotted earlier the "javascript:" which also is not wanted - you only use that for hrefs! Take that out you get: <input type="text" size="20" name="userId" onchange="find(hello)"/> As you can see you are trying to pass a javascript variable named hello to your method. Surely you want to pass a javascript string containing the text hello? ie: <input type="text" size="20" name="userId" onchange="find('hello')"/> Hence my suggestion to add in the quotes. And lose that "javascript:" prefix! (And shove a semicolon on the end though I think its optional in this case!) hth Andrew -----Original Message----- From: Andreas Solarik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 15 March 2004 17:57 To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' Subject: AW: help in java script Hi Andrew and Shobhana, As far as I know, you cant mix static text and dynamic text within a JSP. If I remember correctly, something like the following code should work. <% String tempString="javascript:find(" + value + "\";"; // Not sure about the semicolon... %> and then: <html:text size="20" property="userId" onchange="<%= tempString %>"/></TD> I'll make sure to try the single quotes (') around the dynamic text some time, cause it's really annoying to use the method im describing here. Regards, Andreas -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Andrew Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Montag, 15. M?rz 2004 10:30 An: Struts Users Mailing List Betreff: RE: help in java script Should not that be: <html:text size="20" property="userId" onchange="javascript:find('<%=value%>')"/></TD> (note the ' around value) -----Original Message----- From: Shobhana.S, ASDC Chennai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 15 March 2004 17:27 To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: help in java script Hi ! I'm getting a problem when i use java script in my struts application. My code runs as follows: <SCRIPT > funtion change(value) { alert(value); } </SCRIPT> <BODY> ... ,,, <% String value="hello";%> <html:text size="20" property="userId" onchange="javascript:find(<%=value%>)"/></TD> the problem is the onchange event is not being called. when i don't pass a scriplet variable the event gets called..say onchange="javascript:find('hello'); it gets callled.. could anyone suggest me how to pass a dynamic value to javascript function in struts? Thank you. Shobhana --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]