You can create a bean using LabelValueBean in which the label will be male, female and the value will be 1, 2. In your jsp you do the following <html:select property="form-property-name" > <html:optionsCollection name="bean-name" value="value" label="label" /> </html:select>
On submit, your form-property-name will have the values 1 or 2 depending on the selection.
Yes, but this doesn't solve his problem unless you make sure the obove bean is really a Map where you can look up the name based on the value. This is one option, but not always possible if you are working with a collection of beans you get from backend.
I usually opt to use a hidden param and use javascript to set it...
<select onChange="this.form.hiddenName.value=this.options[this.selectedIndex].text">
...
</select>
<input tyep="hidden" name="hiddenName"/>
Tim's idea of using a compound value is also good where you parse it out in the Action.
-- Rick
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