unable to sove iterate problem

[lee anthony]

see friends i have to iterate two tables by comaping id field which is common in both tables
one category can have many ideas depending on id
Assuming collection are categories and ideas
#########I did try the below illogical code also ###############
<logic:iterate name= "categories " property= "id" id= "cat" >
<bean:write name= "cat " property= "id " />
<logic:iterate name= "cat" property= "ideas " id= "idea " >
<bean:write name= "idea " property= "id " />
</logic:iterate >
</logic:iterate >
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can anybody help me out
lee

[Srikanth Shenoy]

I feel this code belongs in your Action class (or any web tier class or even business tier), not JSP.
Create an aggregate collection and then let the JSP just iterate over it and display.
Srikanth
Author: Struts Survival Guide - Basics to Best Practices