Re: common JSTL tagging pattern is a problem for Tomcat

[Hassan Schroeder <ha...@gmail.com>]

On 3/20/07, Pat Willard <pa...@thelarchgroup.com> wrote:

> My JSP begins as follows:
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <jsp:root version="2.0"

> All attempts using a typical JSTL tagging sounded by <input type="text"
> name="<c:out   etc. etc. results in
>
> org.apache.jasper.JasperException: ... The value of attribute "name" associated with an element type "input" must not contain the '<' character.
>
> What's going on?

Uh, that's the way XML works -- you can't nest tags like that. But

  First Name: <input type="text" name="${status.expression}"

will work, assuming a 2.4 or greater web.xml...

HTH,
-- 
Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroeder@gmail.com

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