Problem with request.setAttribute

[Deepa Khetan]

Hi,
 I have a observed a peculiar behaviour with Struts. We cannot use
request.setAttribute() while passing values from JSP to Action class. It
works fine if i do it from Action to JSP. but when i use it in JSP and
retreive value in Action class, it results in null. Can anyone please
explain why this happens?
 Deepa