This specific property is documented at http://struts.apache.org/api/org/apache/struts/config/ActionConfig.html#attribute
-- Jeff On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:33:37 +0400, tarek.nabil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Christopher. > > I think that attribute property can solve my problem. But I really have > never heard about it before, where are those things documented? :) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marsh-Bourdon, Christopher > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 3:08 PM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: RE: Form name collision > > There are two solutions that you have available to you (well that I know > off the top of my head): > > 1) Use the _attribute_ property in the action tag to give each form a > pseudonym: > > <action path="/example1" > > type="com.marsh-bourdon.struts.action.ExampleAction" > attribute="pseudonymForm1" > name="exampleForm" > input="example.input" > scope="request" > validate="false"> > <forward name="success" path="example.confirm" > redirect="false" /> > <forward name="failure" path="example.input" > redirect="false" /> > </action> > > <action path="/example2" > > type="com.marsh-bourdon.struts.action.ExampleAction" > attribute="pseudonymForm2" > name="exampleForm" > input="example.input" > scope="request" > validate="false"> > <forward name="success" path="example.confirm" > redirect="false" /> > <forward name="failure" path="example.input" > redirect="false" /> > </action> > > This would label each form _pseudonymForm1_ and _pseudonymForm2_ in > turn, thus removing the clash. > > 2) Use just one form and incorporate the <html:hidden> tag to add some > sort of switch and depending on the button/link that is clicked, set the > hidden object's value, pick that up as part of the form, and then use it > as a flag in the action that you use. > > I hope this helps. > > Christopher Marsh-Bourdon > www.marsh-bourdon.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: tarek.nabil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 March 2005 12:03 > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Form name collision > > Hi, > > I'm facing a problem with having multiple forms that submit to the same > action on the same page. > > I have a search page with a few search fields. The user does the search > and gets the paged results in the *SAME* page. > Now, the user can either change the search criteria and search again, or > use the pagination links to go back and forward through the search > results. > > As a result, I have to have two forms (or at least that's the solution I > thought of). The first is the seach form and the seconds is the > pagination form. The pagination form has hidden fields containing the > values the user searched for the last time. I need to do this because if > the user changes the search criteria, I can not afford to have the > pagination links retrieve different results. > > The problem is, since both forms will submit to the same action, they > both get the same name, and so, I get colliding names in the HTML. > > Anyone knows a work around for this issue? > > One solution I thought of would be to use only one form and if the user > clicks on the pagination links, I call reset() on the HTML form to get > it back to its original state. I'm reluctant to do this, though, because > if the search takes some time, this action will be visible to the user > and it might look awkward. > > Every help is appreciated. > > Thanks, > Tarek Nabil > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > If you have received this e-mail in error or wish to read our e-mail > disclaimer statement and monitoring policy, please refer to > http://www.drkw.com/disc/email/ or contact the sender. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Jeff Beal Webmedx, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA USA --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
