textfield disabled---value not sent to form bean

[RukminiP Nagalla]

hi,
I disabled a text field so that users cannot edit the vslue of the field but I need to insert this vlue into the database. when I debug, I found that,this value is not populated in my corresponding form bean and hence cannot be retrived in my action class.
Is there a way to manually populate the formbean or is there any alternative not to allow the users overwrite the value in my text field as well as populate my form bean.
Any help is appreiated.
Thanks,
Rukmini

[Srilakshmi Vara]

Maintain the disabled field value in a hidden form field

[RukminiP Nagalla]

Thanks a lot, it worked. I added a hidden fiels seperately and maintained the disabled field in the orignal one.