How to pass value to other page

[Gaurav Chhabras]

Hi

I am using -:

String name="myName";
RequestDispatcher disp = request.getRequestDispatcher("a.jsp");
disp.forward(request, response);

now i want to pass this variable ( name ) to other page where i am forwarding the page and i write -:

RequestDispatcher disp = request.getRequestDispatcher("a.jsp?name=<%= name%>");
disp.forward(request, response);

but it is givimg error that String Constants are not closed properly,
but when i write -:

RequestDispatcher disp = request.getRequestDispatcher("a.jsp?name=amit");
disp.forward(request, response);

then it works fine, could you please tell me the reason and what is the proper way.

Thanks
Regards
Gaurav

[Ben Souther]

If you're already in a scriptlet block, you don't need the JSP expression.

 
RequestDispatcher disp = request.getRequestDispatcher("a.jsp?name=[B]<%= name%>"[/B]); 

Just use the variable.

RequestDispatcher disp = request.getRequestDispatcher("a.jsp?name=[B]" + name[/B]);