And how you get the session in your JSP?? Try this HttpSession session = request.getSession(true); String username = ( request.getParameter("username") != null ? request.getParameter("username") : "" ) ; session.setAttribute("usr", username);
Sincerely Lic. Computer Science Erlis Vidal Santos > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:54 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: String added to session in servlet not available in jsp > > > > Can you please show how are you creating the session object??? > No worries, here it is: > HttpSession session = request.getSession(true); > session.setAttribute("usr", request.getParameter("username")); > > > > Sincerely > > Lic. Computer Science > > Erlis Vidal Santos > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:44 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: String added to session in servlet not available in jsp > > > > Hi, > > > > I created a session object and added a string (username) to it. > > Systemout.println shows the username from the request. My > page is then > > forwarded to another as follows: > > > > RequestDispatcher disp = ctx.getRequestDispatcher(target); > > disp.forward(request, response); > > > > On this jsp page, I have teh following code: > > > > String usr = (String)session.getAttribute("usr"); > > out.println("User: " + usr + "!"); > > out.println("Session Id: " + session.getId()); > > > > The page displays the session Id but not the usr. > > > > I'm quite baffled at why this is the case. > > > > looking in google for similar problems, but any help would be much > > appreciated! > > > > Rudi > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]