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REPORT #201 Details.

Project: Tomcat
Category: Bug Report
SubCategory: New Bug Report
Class: swbug
State: received
Priority: low
Severity: non-critical
Confidence: public
Environment: 
   Release: Tomcat 3.1
   JVM Release: 1.2.2
   Operating System: Win NT
   OS Release: 4
   Platform: Intel

Synopsis: 
XML notation for JSP scriptlet causes scriptlet not to run

Description:
Using JDeveloper, I can compile and run successfully a JSP using a scriptlet defined as follows:

<%  if (request.getQueryString() == null)
      actions = "NEW";
    else
      actions = request.getQueryString(); %>

or as follows:

<jsp:scriptlet>
    if (request.getQueryString() == null)
      actions = "NEW";
    else
      actions = request.getQueryString();
</jsp:scriptlet>

however if the second version of the JSP is deployed to Tomcat the scriptlet never gets executed when the page is loaded.  I pulled my hair out trying to understand why my variable (declared earlier in the page) wasn't filled and a null pointer was occurring!

When I made the syntax shorthand (<%) instead of longhand (<jsp:scriptlet>) it deployed fine.  

Is this a bug?  According to the Fileds/Kolb book (Web Devt with JSP) the forms should be interchangeable.

Thanks,
Simon