JavaScript varible into Jsp

[krish]

HI,
I need to put a javascript varible(which is dynamic) into jsp session.
Can any one help....
-Thanks
Krish

[Bear Bibeault]

Welcome to the Ranch krish!
You'll find this forum a great place to seek help on JSP pages, and there aren't many rules you'll have to worry about, but one is that proper names are required. Please take a look at the JavaRanch Naming Policy and change your display name to match it.
In particular, your display name must be a first and a last name separated by a space character, and must not be obviously fictitious.
Thanks!
bear
JSP Forum Bartender

[Bear Bibeault]

Now as to your question:
Since Javascript executes on the client, it has no access to the session. What you will need to do is to submit a request to the server (either to a JSP or a servlet, preferably the latter) with the value you want to store as a request parameter.
The easiest way to do this is probably to submit a form with a hidden input that you've set to the value of the JS variable.
bear
[ December 31, 2003: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

[Pat Flickner]

Oh, good heavens. I'm very surprised at the responses since we do this all the time:
Between the <% and %>:
out.println("var variableName = " + jspVarName + ";");
Works like a charm.
Pat

[Pat Flickner]

Quick update, in case I assumed too much:
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
<% out.println("var jsVarName = '" + jspVarName + "';");%>
</SCRIPT>
Pat

[Bear Bibeault]

Pat, your solution assumes that the question regards getting server-side data into a Javascript variable.
The question, rather, was how to get client-side Javascript data into a server-side session.
bear

[Pat Flickner]

Arghhh! You're absolutely correct. I read his message three times and still misread it. And you are correct that you would have to pass the variable into a jsp then after the ?.
Pat