I have used this technique and it seems to be the only way to have the name/value pair be passed as request parameters. Don't think there's a request.setParameter() !!
But request.<get/set>Attribute() would be the 'ideal' way to go. -jayash -----Original Message----- From: Glanville, Jay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 4:47 PM To: Struts User List Subject: What is the best way to pass a parameter to a forward? I'm trying to solve a problem, but I'm not sure my solution is the best way. Basically, I want to set a parameter on a forward within the action's execute. I'm in my action's execute method. I've just successfully performed some work, and I now want to forward/redirect to the next page. So, I've got some code that looks like this: public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping.....) { // do some work ActionForward goto = mapping.findForward( "success" ); return goto; } With an action mapping that looks like this: <action path="/EntrySave" type="com.package.EntrySaveAction" name="EntryForm" validate="true" input="/Entry.do"> <forward name="success" redirect="true" path="/Container.do"/> <forward name="failure" redirect="false" path="/Entry.do" /> </action> Basically, if I left the EntrySaveAction.execute do what's doing right now, then upon successful completion, it would redirect to "/Container.do". However, what I want it to do is redirect to "/Container.do?id=45", where 45 is the id of the container that I want to go to. The value of "45" is dynamic, and is know at the time of the EntrySaveAction.execute command. The way I'm currently doing it is something like this: public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping.....) { // do some work ActionForward goto = mapping.findForward( "success" ); String path = goto.getPath(); path += "?id=" + container.getId(); goto.setPath( path ); return goto; } Is this the correct way to do this? Is there a better way? Thanks in advance JDG -- Jay Glanville --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]