Roland,
I dont know if this solution is not the approved way but I do the following.
I have a CreateForm which extends the ActionForm. It contains all the properties that map to the database and the validation rules.
I then have an UpdateForm which extends the CreateForm and implements its parents validate (If required). It can also hold data above the CreateForm such as the key of the data being updated....
When I want to update the data I call an action which does the following.
BeginUpdateData
Retrieves the data to be updated.
Generates an UpdateForm that represents the data.
Place in the session.
Then in the UpdateForm reset method.
I pull the UpdateForm from the session and popluate the data from itself (If that makes sense).
Then you can use the same pages pretty much to updated the data as it will be prepoluted and you also have a handle on the data you are updating.
----Original Message Follows---- From: Roland Carlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Pre-populate form Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:07:38 +0100
Hi!
I am looking for a better way to pre-populate my (html)forms when building to allow the users to edit data from a database.
I know that I can create an populate a DynaValidatorBean but I don't know where to put it so that I can use it from my (html)from.
Thanks in advance Roland Carlsson
Ps: The mail-arcive doesn't work, so I appologize if I repost something that already have been answerd.
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