Not being the definite expert on buffer, I would have said now. 'Buffer' buffers the output of the component rendering, afaik. Have you tried aliasBean for achieving this? With aliasBean, the value is retrieved once and set into the session - and is later recollected when the aliasBean is closed.
regards, Martin On 11/4/05, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Can <t:buffer> be used as variable to hold data to avoid multiple backing > bean calls ? > > > > <t:buffer into=#{value} > > > <h:outputText value="#{backBean.valueFromDB}"/> > > </t:buffer> > > <h:graphicImage url="a.jpg" rendered="#{value=='a'}"/> > > <h:graphicImage url="b.jpg" rendered="#{value=='b'}"/> > > > > It looks not very nice. > > I tried it in dataTable, but the page becomes blank without any error > message. > > ________________________________ > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. > > -- http://www.irian.at Your JSF powerhouse - JSF Trainings in English and German