$ is not working inside <html:option> tag of struts 1.2

[Dattatraya Sutar]

I am using struts 1.2 version. I have employee list containg 7 employee data values. while iterating list or map in jsp using " ${..} " is not evaluating inside <htmlption>.

Working with server: Apache Tomcat/5.0.28
Servlet Specification: 2.4
JSP version: 2.0

<html:select property="empId">
	<c:forEach items="${list}" var="emp">
		<html:option value="${emp.empId}">${emp.empName}</html:option>									</c:forEach> 											
</html:select>

or

<html:select property="empId">
	<c:forEach items="${map}" var="emp">
		<html:option value="${emp.key}">${emp.value}</html:option>									</c:forEach> 											
</html:select>

but If I used jstl <cut> tag value getting displayed, what would be the problem if I used ${..} inside <htmlption> tag

<c:forEach items="${list}" var="emp">
		<c:out value="${emp.empId}"/>
		<c:out value="${emp.empName}"/>
</c:forEach> 											

Please help

[Henry Wong]

This topic is not really related to sockets -- moving to the struts forum.

Henry