Actually I think you have to do <c:out value="${formbeanname.map.sortField}"/>
Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tag Libraries Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 2:15 PM Subject: Re: How come <c:out> didn't regonize variable? > The sortField looks like a property of your html:form. Thus it exists in > the form bean, not in scope by itself. So to use c:out, you would need to > do this: > > <c:out value="${formbeanname.sortField}"/> > > Hope this helps, > > Peter > -- > Peter Smith > Software Engineer > InfoNow Corporation > > > From: "Yansheng Lin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: "Tag Libraries Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:42:41 -0600 > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: How come <c:out> didn't regonize variable? > > > > > > I have a simple <c:out> statement in my jsp file: > > > > <html:hidden property="sortField"/> > > <c:out value="${sortField}" default="nothing"/> > > > > The output source is: > > > > <input type="hidden" name="sortField" value="service_provider"> > > nothing > > > > As you can see, the struts tag <html:hidden> rendered the value, but <c:out> > > didn't. I am new to JSTL, so I have no clue why this didn't work. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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]