Passing parameters to the servlet

[paul Staniland]

Before when using the dreaded invoker servlet it was possible to pass the servlet the value of an ever-changing productID by doing something like this <a href="music/adminServlet?productID">

Is there a way to pass the servlet the value of productID by clicking on a hyperlink (generated dynamically) in my JSP page (that runs the servlet by way of servlet mapping through the web.xml file).

I know I could do it with servlet init params but I want the productID to be sent at runtime and not hardcode thousands of servlet mappings.
Also I know I could set a request or session attribute, but if you click on a hyperlink is it even possible to set one of these attributes?

Thanks,
Newbie in need of help

[Bear Bibeault]

Whether the invoker is used or not is irrelevant to the ability pass parameters in the query string.

Did you try it?

[paul Staniland]

Yes it's working now, thanks!

I did try that before but it didn't work (due to an incorrect web.xml file i now realise!)