ron1, Jim thank you for your help.
i think part of my problem was that i was trying to use a DynaActionForm instead of just creating and using my own ActionForm. now it appears to be working... for the most part. :) andy On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:02:27 -0700, Jim Barrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrew Close [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 11:53 AM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Re: More fun with forms... > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > i do know what fields will be returned, just not how many. so i > > > > wasn't sure if i could use ActionForms or if i had to > > come up with a > > > > custom solution. > > > > i'll see if i can find info on MapBackedForm. > > > > Thanks Jim > > > > > > Oh, you mean rows, not columns. In that case you want a > > list of objects, where >each object is a row. You grab each > > field from the resultSet, stuff it into a bean, >and then > > stuff the bean into a collection. Then you put the > > collection in the >scope of your choice. > > > > well, yes. that's the first part of it. getting the data from the DB > > to the page to be displayed. so i have my collection. now i'm going > > to iterate thorugh the collection and build a form: > > > > > > //JSP... > > <html:form action=someaction> > > <table> > > <logic:iterate name="AFormNameThatMakesSense" property="bunchOStuff" > id="oneOfABunchOStuff" > <html:text name="oneOfABunchOStuff" indexed="true"/> > </logic:iterate> > > public class MyForm blah blah { > private String[] element; > private Collection bunchOStuff; //you can also put this into your favorite > scope > ... > appropriate getter and setters > } > > > > > for (int i =0; i<collection.size; i++) { > > <tr> > > //some tds... > > <td><html:text property=dynamicField[i] /> //my editable field > > </tr> > > } > > </table> > > <html:submit ... /> > > </html:form> > > > > so now i have a form being displayed with let's say 25 rows in it. > > that's 25 editable textfields (assume they have unique id's or > > something). > > now my user views this, makes a couple of changes to some of the > > editable textfields and hits submit. the action receives the call and > > begins to process the form. BUT, how is the ActionForm or > > DynaActionForm laid out so the Action can grab all the fields off of > > it since we didn't know there would be 25 editable textboxes when we > > started? > > > > <form-beans> > > <form-bean name=dynamicForm type=...DynaActionForm> > > > > how do i denote my 'X' editable fields here? > > > > <form-property name=dynamicallyGeneratedFileds > > type=java.lang.String[] /> > > > > would that be what i want? > > > > </form-bean> > > </form-beans> > > > > > > Thanks again, > > andy > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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]
