If you are trying to load your list by using a parameter passed in.. say and Id from a link or another page, you might need to use the paramsPrepareParamsStack interceptor and implement Preparable in you action.
I ran into a similar problem the other day. You would need to put your code to populate the list in the Prepare() method. http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/crud-demo-i.html check out the "The prepare approach" in the above link. I hope this helps. -Scott -----Original Message----- From: Roberto Nunnari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 12:16 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: properties at times not found Hello. I have an action with a getter for a List. In the execute method of the action I can verify the list is not empty. But in the jsp view, at times it reports an empty list. the action: public class StorySearch extends ActionSupport { private List<Story> stories = null; ... public String execute() throws Exception { ... stories = dataManager.searchStories(...); for (Story story : stories) { System.out.println(" "+story.getId()); } return SUCCESS; } public List getStories() { return stories; } the JSP: <c:url var="storyURL" value="/StoryView.action"/> <display:table name="${stories}" requestURI="storySearch.action"> <display:column property="id" href="${storyURL}" paramId="id"/> <display:column property="title"/> <display:column property="text"/> <display:column property="link" autolink="true"/> <display:column property="accessCount" sortable="true"/> <display:column property="creationDate" sortable="true"/> <display:caption>This is the table caption</display:caption> </display:table> Any hints? Thank you. -- Robi --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]