Problem retrieving request attribute

[nick angel]

Hello to everyone. My current problem is probably simple, but it is something that I can not seem to solve.
We have a site that uses the template framework, as it still has not been upgraded to tiles.
I have an action class containing the perfom method that looks like the following:

   
 public ActionForward perform (ActionMapping mapping,
            ActionForm form,
            HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response)
            throws IOException, ServletException {
 
       ...
                if(currentAction == null)
                    return mapping.findForward (MAP_RESULT_PAGE);
                else if(currentAction.equals (ADMIN_ACTION_CREATE)){
                    return createAccount(mapping, currentForm, request, response);
                }
                ...
    }
 

I also have the following method:

   
private ActionForward createAccount(ActionMapping mapping, BrokerUserDataForm currentForm, HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception{
        try{
            BrokerUserDBAccess dbaccess = getDBInstance();
            int result = dbaccess.createAccount (currentForm);
            request.setAttribute ("message", "Creation du compte reussie.");
        }
        catch(Exception exc){
            throw new Exception("problem in create account");
        }
        return mapping.findForward (MAP_CONFIRM); 
    }
 

The problem I am having is that the place where I try to access the attribute "message" is in one of the nested templates (within the general, overall template)
The value I always retrieve is null. If however I place it in sessionscope, I can retrieve it, but it is not what I wish to do.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you