persistent values in jsp

[manepalli rajesh]

i have a formjsp with some dropdrowns(date,month,year) and textfields.
after submitting the form , i am doing validations in a servlet.
all values i am putting in session attribute and forwarding to formjsp. i am able to persistent text fields. but how to persistent dropdrowns. please somebody help in it.

[Bear Bibeault]

Set the selected attribute on the appropriate <option> element.

[manepalli rajesh]

Bear Bibeault wrote:Set the selected attribute on the appropriate <option> element.

thanks.can you give me example.
user select a date (dropdrown) in formjsp and submits. i captured the date and put it in a session of servlet. when i return from servlet to jsp. i know the date(which he selected).but how to persist the date. dependds on the condition.one date has to select .
so for which option element , select attribute i can write.

can you help me please.if possible give me example

[Deepak Bala]

You may either use a framework that will do this for you
or
you can track which date was selected, set that value in the request attribute when returning to the JSP; read the request attribute and set the appropriate SELECTED field.

[manepalli rajesh]

Deepak Bala wrote:You may either use a framework that will do this for you
or
you can track which date was selected, set that value in the request attribute when returning to the JSP; read the request attribute and set the appropriate SELECTED field.

i am not using any framework. yes you are correct. i am capturing the date value with session attribute in jsp. but this value should be select for one of the options given under select element.
can you give me example please.

[Deepak Bala]

  

<SELECT NAME=sections MULTIPLE>
<OPTION SELECTED>BLAH 1</OPTION>
 <!-- The options can come in a c:foreach  loop and what is being rendered 
can depend on what you have in your request / session attribute. 
For each option check with the value in the request/session scope and render the option as needed -->
<OPTION>BLAH 2</OPTION>
<OPTION>BLAH 3</OPTION>
<OPTION>BLAH 4</OPTION>
</SELECT>
  

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[manepalli rajesh]

thanks for helping me. but i cant get the actual point following is my code.

<select name="year">
                                            <option value="-1" >Select</option>
                                         <% for (int i=1970;i<=2009;i++){     %>
                                                       <option value="<%= i %>"><%= i%></option>
                                          <% } %>
                                    </select></td>

this is my formjsp after i submitted this, i captured the year in servlet and from servlet, control is transfered to formjsp page.
now in enteredyear attribute contains the year that i selected in the formjsp(firsttime). now date has to be selected automatically is entereddate year value.
where can i kept my select attribute in which option element? . please give me example

[Bear Bibeault]

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