Have you tried using an Integer object in the backing bean rather than an int? I'd guess that a null Integer would be blank, where an int defaults to 0 upon creation...
-----Original Message----- From: Jon Steelman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 5:19 PM To: users@myfaces.apache.org Subject: h:inputText - making blank the default for numbers instead of 0 When an h:inputText field is value associated to an int/long in the backing bean, what is the sensible way to make it default to blank on the initial non-postback value instead of showing 0 by default? Thanks, Jon
