Use input as a URL in JSP?

[Kyupa Supa]

I have a

Enter URL:

<input type = "text" name= "aURL"/>

in my form and I want in JSP to become a clickable URL.

I tried with:

<% String aURL = request.getParameter("activityURL"); %>

<a href = "<%= aURL %>" ></a>

[Paul Clapham]

And?

Seems like it should work okay to me. Did you have some kind of problem?

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

aURL == activityURL ? and hope you submitted the form to jsp.

[Bear Bibeault]

Scriptlets in a JSP? In 2012?



Please read this JspFaq entry.

[Bear Bibeault]

Seetharaman Venkatasamy wrote:and hope you submitted the form to jsp.

I hope not! Submitting a form to a view resource like a JSP is a poor practice indeed!

[Stefan Evans]

Converting it to EL would be relatively simple:

<a href="${param.aURL}">Make sure you put text here so that people can click the link!</a>  
//or
<a href="${param.activityURL}">Make sure you put text here so that people can click the link!</a>  

depending upon what your actual request parameter is.