If you have any power over the data, you should change that so that you are not getting the SSN as an integer. It's not a number in any sense of the word except that it has digits. You never do math on it. Save it as a String if you can.
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Bhaarat Sharma <bhaara...@gmail.com> wrote: > great! > > it worked out for me. > > One last question, I was looking at the wiki but it seems like formatting > is > only available for numbers and dates. > > is it possible to format an SSN? > > I am getting the SSN as an integer. but would like to show it as > ###-##-#### > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Terry Gardner <terry.gard...@sun.com > >wrote: > > > > > On Apr 17, 2009, at 10:49 AM, Bhaarat Sharma wrote: > > > > so I can create this new property file in the same folder where my > >> struts.properties file resides or does it have to be in the package > where > >> action is. > >> > > > > Good point. I forgot to mention that there is a search hierarchy. I > usually > > put the properties > > files in the same directory as the action, but they can also be "up the > > chain". So, if my Action class is > > com.slamd.struts2.actions.SlamdStartServerResultAction.java, > > then I put the SlamdStartServerResultAction_en.properties file in > > <srcRoot>com/slamd/struts2/actions. > > > > > >> so if my action name is XXX.java the property file will be > >> XXX_en.properties > >> and the properties file will be picked automatically or does it require > >> any > >> changes in struts.properties? does it have to be registered there? > >> > > > > Picked automagically by getText(). Remember to change the "_en" part to > the > > two letter code for the language. I only speak English - and that badly - > > so mine are all > > "_en" for the moment. > > > > > > > >> Thanks!! > >> > >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Terry Gardner <terry.gard...@sun.com > >> >wrote: > >> > >> The resource bundles can also be in files named after the Action, for > >>> example, SlamdStartServerResultAction_en.properties, which contains > keys > >>> and > >>> values (English) for the Action SlamdStartServerResultAction.java > >>> > >>> > >>> On Apr 17, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Bhaarat Sharma wrote: > >>> > >>> I know we can a property file in struts like this > >>> > >>>> > >>>> struts.custom.i18n.resources=nameofFile > >>>> > >>>> But is there a way to use multiple properties files? (nameofFile) > >>>> > >>>> we have a lot of labels for our application and if we put everything > >>>> into > >>>> one property file then it seems to get so overwhelmingly huge that its > >>>> hard > >>>> to find anything in it. > >>>> > >>>> Is there a way to over come this problem? > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > > > > -- Jim Kiley Senior Technical Consultant | Summa [p] 412.258.3346 http://www.summa-tech.com
