JSP with two forms

[chandra chatterjee]

Hello all,

I am new to JSF i wan to create an application that takes user input and display the results below. I dont want to use frames . I created jsp with two forms and kept the submit in second form, but my page seems to refresh when I hit the commandButton Submit.

As i have to display the results dynamically what is the best way to display the result ?

I am using myfaces, if there is any good documentation can you please give the links too.

Thanks in advance
Kalam.

[lynn fann]

Exploring the Ajax4Jsf Library, where you can Rerender some components of the UI.
http://www.javabeat.net/articles/19-introduction-to-ajax4jsf-2.html

[Cameron Wallace McKenzie]

Be careful with two forms. JSF will want all of your key input components, like textfields and radio buttons, within a single, common, h:form tag. You can have multiple buttons that invoke different actions or do methods, but it will all want one h:form tag, not two.

-Cameron McKenzie

[Tim Holloway]

Cameron Wallace McKenzie wrote:Be careful with two forms. JSF will want all of your key input components, like textfields and radio buttons, within a single, common, h:form tag. You can have multiple buttons that invoke different actions or do methods, but it will all want one h:form tag, not two.

-Cameron McKenzie

That doesn't mean you CAN'T have more than one form on a page. However each form only submits the data that's packaged within that form. Sometimes that's what you want. A lot of times it isn't.

[Cameron Wallace McKenzie]

Indeed. It's the nesting of h:forms that can confuse JSF. I should have been more clear.

Tim is absolutely right.

-Cameron McKenzie