passing parameters from jsp to servlet

i have a jsp and need to pass values from that jsp to servlet.

im accessing with request.get Parameter,,...the problem is one of the value or field in the table has a very long value that is 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000..... so its creating nullpointer exception while retriving ...wot to do?

Are you actually trying to pass a value from a JSP page to a servlet, i.e. using Java code? Or is the value in an HTML form in a page that was generated by a JSP page, and you're trying to submit the form to a servlet?

Assuming the latter, the length of the value submitted is irrelevant. By itself it would not cause a NullPointerException. What is returned if -in your servlet- you call ?
[ January 11, 2006: Message edited by: Ulf Dittmer ]

Also make sure that the name you pass to getParameter is *really* the name of the input field in your jsp page.

best practice to go with parameter:
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1) always try to create same variable name and the parameter name like

in JSP/HTML
<input type="text" name="userName"/>

in servlet:
String userName = request.getParameter("userName");

2) always check for null before using any variable got by getParameter

String userName = request.getParameter("userName");
if(userName!=null && .....)
{
........
........
}

Checking the null value is always a good practice..I always follow the rule that Saxena suggested.