You are correct that I don't understand everything about struts, but I do know that the form and action class is declared in the struts-config.xml file. The JSP references the action class.... so the struts tag in my page is
<html:form action="UpdateSomeAction" onsubmit="return checkSubmit();">
From the strut-config.xml file, the form and action is declared as:
<form-beans>
<form-bean name="someForm"
type="org.abc.desktop.form.someForm" />
<action path="/UpdateSomeAction"
type="org.abc.action.UpdateSomeAction"
name="someForm"
scope="request" />
</action>
Since the form name and class are declared in the struts-config.xml file, this is where I added the id tag, but it didn't solve my problem. I don't want to slap a band-aid on this to fix it, that's why I'm trying to research the problem. However, time is money and there is a limited supply of time and money sometimes.
I don't easily give up... so I'm still researching and trying to gain a better understanding as I go. Your suggestions have helped tremendously because it helped me to think/look in other directions, so I appreciate all your help!