Panel Grid and render attribute

[Duran Harris]

The original problem was solved but now Ive edited the thread to post a new problem.
The following snippet is enclosed in a panelGrid.For some reason it somehow manages to print null....(I thought EL coerced nulls??)
I tried wrapping the ${ownerFirst}${ownerLast} in <f:verbatim> tags,but that didn't help...

<c:choose>
				<c:when	test="${not ownerFirst==null}">
				${ownerFirst}${ownerLast}				
		</c:when>
		</c:choose>

[Himanshu Gupta]

Using f:verbatim in this case will not help. Whatever you give in <f:verbatim is not processed by the JSF. It will be inserted into the rendered page as it is.

What is the problem you are facing here?