struts html:link

[irene lee]

Hi, I am rying something like this but it does not work. It gives me error like "Attribute empId has no value"
<html:link page="/execute/listEmployee?empId=<%= request.getParameter("empId") %>" >EMP</html:link>
Can anyone help?

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[David Hibbs]

Originally posted by germs germs:
Hi, I am rying something like this but it does not work. It gives me error like "Attribute empId has no value"
<html:link page="/execute/listEmployee?empId=<%= request.getParameter("empId") %>" >EMP</html:link>
Can anyone help?

You need to keep your rtexpr's really simple. Basically, if it has quotes in it, don't do it. Declare a page variable in a scriptlet if you have to, i.e.
<%String empId = request.getParameter("empId");%>
<html:link page="/execute/listEmployee?empId=<%= empId %>" >EMP</html:link>
or, in this very simple case, use the struts bean define or parameter tags. Then you can use the html:link parameter information for your link...
[ January 13, 2003: Message edited by: David Hibbs ]

[Jason Menard]

It should work if you replace a pair of the double quotes with single quotes. Your tag is getting confused about where one part ends and another begins.

[irene lee]

Hi David,
I tried declarind a variable as what u have stated but still it does not work.
<%String empId = request.getParameter("empId");%>
<html:link page="/execute/listEmployee?empId=<%= empId %>" >EMP</html:link>
supposingly i should give me a link showing:
http://localhost/testing/execute/listEmployee?empId=1
However it gives me ssomething like this :
http://localhost/testing/execute/listEmployee?empId=<%= empId %>

Any idea?

Originally posted by David Hibbs:


You need to keep your rtexpr's really simple. Basically, if it has quotes in it, don't do it. Declare a page variable in a scriptlet if you have to, i.e.
<%String empId = request.getParameter("empId");%>
<html:link page="/execute/listEmployee?empId=<%= empId %>" >EMP</html:link>
or, in this very simple case, use the struts bean define or parameter tags. Then you can use the html:link parameter information for your link...
[ January 13, 2003: Message edited by: David Hibbs ]

[ January 13, 2003: Message edited by: irene lee ]

[Jeremy Wilson]

I am having the same issue, if any one could help out that would be great.

[Tim Brizard]

try something like this:

<% String selectLink="findOrder.do?orderId="+request.getParameter("id"); %>
<html:link href='<%= selectLink %>'>select</html:link>