Greg, Thanks for the reply. In going through the tag reference, I find I can also say "action=SomeOther" and that will also redirect to that action class without hitting the execute() method. I didn't know about putting a redirect-action in the "name" field so I'm going to try a few different things to see how everything reacts.
Thanks again. Dennis ________________________________ From: Greg Lindholm <greg.lindh...@gmail.com> To: Struts Users Mailing List <user@struts.apache.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 11:30:29 AM Subject: Re: How to prevent validations from running? If you want to avoid going the the "execute" method then you can use a feature of DefaultActionMapper [1] and the submit button like this: <s:submit key="Code.action.cancel" name="redirect-action:CodeList" /> This will cause a redirect to another action, in this example "CodeList". Or you can specify an alternate "execute" Method or Action on the submit button [2] <s:submit key="xxx" method="AlternateMethod" /> <s:submit key="xxx" action="AlternateAction" /> [1] http://struts.apache.org/2.1.6/struts2-core/apidocs/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/mapper/DefaultActionMapper.html [2] http://struts.apache.org/2.1.6/docs/submit.html On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Dennis Atkinson < dennisatkinson...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Greg. > > I am running Struts2; sorry I did not include that. > > The button is not causing a redirect; tt is invoking the "execute" method > in the action class, and then the action class determines that button was > pressed, and then returns the string "list", which the struts.xml file then > uses to redirect to another action class. Except that never happens because > the validation is done first. > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Greg Lindholm <greg.lindh...@gmail.com> > To: Struts Users Mailing List <user@struts.apache.org> > Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:49:06 AM > Subject: Re: How to prevent validations from running? > > Are you running Struts 1 or 2? > > How is your button causing a redirect? > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Dennis Atkinson < > dennisatkinson...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Hi all. > > > > I have a data entry page with a button to redirect to another page. > > Problem is, pressing that button causes all validations to run on every > > field in the page. I want to immediately get away from that page without > > having to enter data. > > > > I know that if I redirect to the "input" method, the validations don't > run. > > But whatever other method I call, the validations are always run. Could > > someone tell me how to do this? Are there other methods I could call? > Or > > is there a parameter I can set that I haven't found yet? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Dennis > > > > > > > > > > >
