Passing values between two JSPs

[chintu reddy]

I have been banging my head for more than a day now to resolve this issue.. grateful if anyone can offer help... I'm trying to fix a bug in a legacy application in my organization.. in one of the jsp pages..

pag1.jsp

//some jsp code
request.setAttribute("param", param)
<form name="xx">
//
</form>
<jsp:include  page="servlet1">
</jsp:include>

The Servlet1 is calling another Servlet2, which in turn calls Servlet3 to print some code to page1.jsp.. one page1.jsp is compiled html output looks like this..
page1.jsp output..

<form name="xx">
//
</form>
<form name="yy" action="page2.jsp" >
//
<input type="submit">
</form>

I need to be able to pass "param" value from page1.jsp to page2.jsp. request.setAttribute is not working. The Servlet class Servlet3 is vendor provided so I cannot set a hidden form variable inside form "yy" to pass it to page2.jsp.

if anyone has a solution please help me, Thanks in advance.

[Bear Bibeault]

If they are not in the same request you cannot use request scope as each request has its own scope. Have you considered using the session?

[chintu reddy]

Yes I tried using Session and it was working... but was wondering if there will be any other options and also any disadvantages of using sessions...

[Bear Bibeault]

This is exactly the type of thing sessions were created for. Why not use the proper tool in the manner that the tool was intended to be used?