How to get values from dropdown Select box in JSP

Hi Gurus,
I have a JSP Page in which there are drop down select boxes, which are used to search sumthing. Basically i want to get the value selected by the user from drop down select boxes in my JSP. I just wanna show the search results based on the items selected and wanna show what the user has selected from those drop down boxes..
Thanks in advance..
Regards,
Maddy

Hi,
You can do it by using getParameter method of request object. Suppose the name of the checkbox is "mycheckbox" then use following code:
String value = request.getParameter("mycheckbox");

"Maddy",
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Thanks!
bear
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But actually.. the form is submmited to a servlet, whcih is handling as a controller and then that servlet gets the search results and then again redirect to same JSP page.... so how do i get drop down variable in this case...
thanks

The name of the parameter will be the name you assigned to the select element. The value of this parameter will be the selected value.

Is there a way to post all the values of a select box or at least all the selected values of a select box to a JSP page.
Like in a multiple selection select box how can I post all the values?
I would like to read all the possible values as well as all the selected values in the JSP.
As far as I know there is no way to do it. But if there is then please let me know.
- P P :roll:

posted May 12, 2004 02:05 PM Is there a way to post all the values of a select box or at least all the selected values of a select box to a JSP page.
Like in a multiple selection select box how can I post all the values?

The form will automatically post all selected option values. Each selected value will result in a request parameter with the name of the control and the value of the selected option. Be sure to use request.getParameterValues() when retrieving them.