JSTL <c:if>

used this  <c:if test='${screenqq == "JWS1001"}'>

still no luck

i think the problem is somethng else

J

Looks like i am getting close

<c:if test='${screenqq == "JWS1001"}'>
     <c:set var="makeurl" value="option=reports"/>
</c:if>
   

<c:out value='${makeurl}'/>

<html:form action="/shopping/cart/add.do?<c:out value="${makeurl}"/>"    method="post">

the above code prints "option=reports" on screen which is c:out value

but the same c:out is not working in   <html:form action="/shopping/cart/add.do?<c:out value="${makeurl}"/>"    method="post">


ideas?

J

I know I have had some difficulty with interaction between html tags and c tags.
What does the page source show?

Alternatives are to use scriptlets instead of the c tags, or just to write out the form in normal html instead of with the html taglib
(i.e. <form action="/shopping/cart/add.do?<c:out value="${makeurl}"/>"    method="post">) of course you then have to make sure all the form elements you use are written out normally instead of using the html taglib.

oh boy.this really is frustrating, i am trying to get it run since morning!
<html:form...> with <c:  tag    just  doesnt work.

i dont think i can avoid html taglib in my jsp.

anyway , thanks for help
If you find anything let me know
J

Since it a form post, may be you can change it to hidden field instead of parameter.
Example:

<html:form action="/shopping/cart/add.do" method="post">
<c:if test='${screenqq == "JWS1001"}'>
     <input type="hidden" name="option" value="reports">
</c:if>


Regards,
Boon Leng

ok, and then how do i append it to the URL. I want to add "option=reports" to the url ="/shopping/cart/add.do"  something like
this
<html:form action="/shopping/cart/add.do?option=reports" method="post">

similarly , if someother <c:if> condition is true, i want

<html:form action="/shopping/cart/add.do?option=myCart" method="post">


Is that possible?
J

>>>>>>>>>>>
<c:choose>
     <c:when test='${screenqq == "JWS1001"}' >
                     <html:form action="/shopping/cart/add.do?option=myCart" method="post">
     </c:when>
     <c:otherwise>
                       <html:form action="/shopping/cart/add.do?option=reports" method="post">
     </c:otherwise>
</c:choose>


are you sure the above works on your system. I doesnt work on mine.


J

and neither does

<html:form action='/shopping/cart/add.do?<c:out value="${makeurl}"/>'    method="post">

can you please let me know if it works on your system.

thanks
J

i am using this
http://java.sun.com/jstl/core

in that case

try this one

<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>

<c:choose>
     <c:when test='${screenqq == "JWS1001"}' >
                     <html:form action="/shopping/cart/add.do?option=myCart" method="post">
     </c:when>
     <c:otherwise>
                       <html:form action="/shopping/cart/add.do?option=reports" method="post">
     </c:otherwise>
</c:choose>


will something like above work with <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>

I am using JSTL 1.0 in our application so the taglib def looks like
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" %>

I am not sure what you wanted me to confirm working on my system,
 choose-when-otherwise construct is working at all places in my code
 I am not using html taglib in my code, so cannot confirm on the combination,  

For generating dynamic URL, most of the time I code my logic in the controller & put the URL as an attribute in the request & in most of my JSPs, form definition looks like the following & this surely works:
<form method="post" action="<c:out value='${nextUrl}' />" name="thisDocForm">

>>>I am not sure what you wanted me to confirm working on my system

I wanted you to confirm if something like this works on your system:
<html:form action="<c:out value='${nextUrl}' />"    method="post">

most probably it will not, because <html: > tags do not seem to work with <c:> tags.

oh, I misunderstood your problem,  your problem is to use JSTL along with Struts tags,  & yes you are correct this will not work with regular Struts tags..

To use Expression language syntax through struts tag libraries (1.2.8 onwards or just include struts-el.jar & TLD file from it), & in your code
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/lib/struts-html-el.tld" prefix="html-el" %>
<html-el:form action="${nextUrl}"    method="post">

thats kool.
we are still using struts 1.1.

do you know how and from  where i can upgrade to 1.2.8 and then eventually download struts-html-el.tld.


thanks for the info
J

you can download it from

http://struts.apache.org/

i downloaded

struts-1.2.8-lib

but i dont see any   struts-el.jar


thanks
J

struts-el.jar is already included in struts.jar

you can find struts-el.jar in struts.jar

download struts 1.2.8 u can find struts-el.jar is already included in struts.jar

oh ok. thanks

will something like this work

<c:set var="makeurl" value="method=save"/>
<html-el:form action="/casemngt/OrderInfo1.do?${makeurl}"    method="post">

thanks
J