That's it exactly. Is it as simple as putting <s:convertBoolean trueValue="Y" falseValue="N"/> in my page?
Frank Russo Senior Developer FX Alliance, LLC -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthias Wessendorf Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 12:54 PM To: MyFaces Discussion Subject: Re: General Converter Question Frank- perhaps [1] is useful to you -Matthias [1] http://myfaces.apache.org/sandbox/apidocs/org/apache/myfaces/custom/conv ertboolean/BooleanConverter.html On 4/27/06, Mike Kienenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, this should work. I have the same issue, but I generally deal > with it by converting the String type to a boolean type at the > database layer level. > > But there's no reason you can't create a converter. You'll need to > manually assign it each place it is used, but that's probably what you > want to do anyway in this case. > > > On 4/27/06, Frank Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Is it possible to bind a h:selectBooleanCheckbox component to a > > String field? The string field is coming out of the db as a Y or N > > value. This is existing code used in a lot of places, and I can't > > change it. It should have been stored in the object as a boolean or > > Boolean, but I can't change that now. > > > > Any ideas on how to do this? I've read about using converter's, but > > they don't seem to apply here, unless I have to write my own. I'd > > rather use a standard one if I can. > > > > Thanks... > > > > > > > > Frank Russo > > Senior Developer > > FX Alliance, LLC > > 900 Third Avenue, 3rd Floor > > New York, NY 10022 > > 646.268.9949 > > > -- Matthias Wessendorf Aechterhoek 18 48282 Emsdetten http://jroller.com/page/mwessendorf mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com
