You're welcome. I think too that the documentation is lacking of some detailed examples, but you could contribute with a comment, now that you know a little more. Go ahead, you are part of the community too ;-)
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/select On 10/15/07, Kevin Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You, Marcos, (and Laurie) were right: there was not a full list of > values aside from the county names in the list. Each entry in the > list looked something like this: > <option value="">ORANGE</option> > > So the option value was always empty. The trick for me was to set > the listKey parameter to "name", which contained the name of the > county (which i also use for listValue). Frankly, I guess I just > didn't understand the documentation -- and what listKey and listValue > meant and did in this context. I didn't grok it at first. > > As always, many thanks to the struts 2 community for pointing me in > the right direction. > > Kevin > > On Oct 12, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Marcos Hernandez wrote: > > > Just as a debug thought: what happens when you fill the list > > parameter with > > a couple of counties/value pairs by hand? > > > > On the other hand, does the generated HTML have a full list of > > values aside > > of the counties name list you are looking in the drop-down box? > > > > On 10/12/07, Kevin Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> According to my sniffer, what's sent on the wire looks like this: > >> lastName=smith&firstName=john&county= > >> > >> which makes sense since the logging output of struts 2 says this: > >> com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ParametersInterceptor - Setting > >> params county => [ ] firstName => [ john ] lastName => [ smith ] > >> > >> So... county is null/empty. But why? Obviously the select tag and the > >> form know that I want it to set the "county" field in my resulting > >> action class. It's handing the "lastName" and "firstName" fields > >> just fine (via the textfield tags). Am I doing something wrong in > >> the select tag? The jsp form that displays my list of counties via > >> the select tag *looks* right (in that the list of counties -- all > >> strings -- looks good). But, no matter which entry (county) I select > >> from the list, no county is being passed on submit. > >> > >> Any ideas at all what I'm doing wrong? This is my first attempt at > >> using the select tag. Here's my usage again: > >> > >> <s:form action="search.action"> > >> <s:textfield key="search.lastName" name="lastName" /> > >> <s:textfield key="search.firstName" > >> name="firstName"/> > >> > >> <s:select key="search.county" > >> name="county" > >> list="counties" > >> listKey="id" > >> listValue="name" > >> size="1" > >> /> > >> > >> <s:submit value="Find" align="center" /> > >> </s:form> > >> > >> Again, the form's select tag seems to be grabbing the entries from my > >> list (a java.util.List called "counties") ok and building a correct > >> looking drop-down html select element. But I can't get the tag to > >> set "county" to... well, anything at all, on submit. > >> > >> BTW, I'm using 2.0.9. > >> > >> Kevin > >> > >> > >> > >> On Oct 12, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Dave Newton wrote: > >> > >>> What's being sent on the wire? (Like, is there a > >>> "search.county" param being sent, etc.) > >>> > >>> d. > >>> > >>> --- Kevin Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Bump. Any one have any ideas at all? I'm sure I'm > >>>> just doing > >>>> something incorrect w/ the select tag but just can't > >>>> see it. > >>>> > >>>> Kevin > >>>> > >>>> On Oct 8, 2007, at 4:59 PM, Kevin Wade wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I'm having difficulty with a struts 2 form (jsp) > >>>> that includes the > >>>>> use of a select tag. In short, I can't seem to > >>>> get the select tag > >>>>> to set the parameter when submitted. > >>>>> > >>>>> Here's the scenario. My form (for searching by > >>>> last name, first > >>>>> name, and "county" fields) looks like this: > >>>>> > >>>>> <s:form action="search.action"> > >>>>> <s:textfield key="search.lastName" > >>>> name="lastName" /> > >>>>> <s:textfield key="search.firstName" > >>>> name="firstName"/> > >>>>> <s:select key="search.county" > >>>>> name="county" > >>>>> list="counties" > >>>>> listKey="id" > >>>>> listValue="name" > >>>>> size="1" > >>>>> /> > >>>>> <s:submit value="Search" align="center" /> > >>>>> </s:form> > >>>>> > >>>>> In the calling action, there is a List called > >>>> "counties" with a > >>>>> getCounties() method. So, the input form looks > >>>> right. There is a > >>>>> nice drop-down box w/ a long list of counties. So > >>>> far, so good. > >>>>> > >>>>> But, when I submit the form (e.g. first name = > >>>> "john", last name = > >>>>> "smith", county chosen from select drop-down list > >>>> = "orange") I get > >>>>> nothing in the "county" field of the "search" > >>>> action. "lastName" > >>>>> looks fine. "firstName" is fine. But, regardless > >>>> of which item I > >>>>> select in the list of counties, the county > >>>> parameter doesn't get > >>>>> set. I definitely have setters for firstName, > >>>> lastName, and > >>>>> county in the search action: > >>>>> > >>>>> public void setCounty(String county) { > >>>>> this.county = county; > >>>>> } > >>>>> > >>>>> In fact, here's a debug message from struts2 > >>>> showing what the > >>>>> ParametersInterceptor is actually setting: > >>>>> > >>>>> DEBUG > >>>> > >>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ParametersInterceptor > >>>> - > >>>>> Setting params county => [ ] firstName => [ john > >>>> ] lastName => > >>>>> [ smith ] > >>>>> > >>>>> I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong that > >>>> causes county to be > >>>>> empty. Is it something I'm doing incorrectly with > >>>> the List? > >>>>> > >>>>> kwade > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> - > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > - Marcos H. > > ________________________________________ > > You must be the change you wish to see in the world > > ~ Gandhi > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- - Marcos H. ________________________________________ You must be the change you wish to see in the world ~ Gandhi
