Those results seem reasonable. You should assume the value is a string, unless you specifically have an integer type. In your case, the value "1" is a string. Now, if you did "${1}", that might give you an integer.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Starting out [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > i seemed to ask this on tomcat list, anyway here it is > > i fetched an int type from mysql and assign to variable > > <c:set var="eid" value="${rs.rows[0].eid}" scope="session" /> > > it seems that its assigning type int since if i > > String test = (String) pageContext.getAttribute("eid"); > > i get a cast error > > but if i > > <c:set var="eid" value="1" scope="session" /> > > the ff > String test = (String) pageContext.getAttribute("eid"); > > would work --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]