Passing value from JSP to Action in Struts

Question

Hi,
I am populating JSP page with rows retrieved from the database and
represented as a List of Beans in forEach loop:
<c:forEach var="list" items="${OperationsForm.OperationsList}">
<c:choose>
<c:when test="${list.isCompleted =='Y'}" >
<td width="100">Completed</td>
<td width="100"> </td>
</c:when>
<c:otherwise>
<td width="100">Pending</td>
<td width="100"><input type="image" onclick="
rowId=value; form.action='action.do?command=notify'"
value="${list.OperationId}" />
</td>
</c:otherwise>
</c:choose>
</tr>
</c:forEach>
Have hidden field: html:hidden property="rowId" value="-1"/>
User is clicking the button corresponding to one of the rows
and I need to pass the value of that rowId to the Action class, so it does
something in the database [action completed]
Now how do I pass it , is that the right way of doing it with calling
request.getSession().getAttribute(rowId) in the Action class ?
As of now I am getting Javascript error "Object doesn't support this
property or method", complaining about rowId=value;
Using Struts 1.3
Please help !
TIA,
Oleg.

Answer 1

So what you are saying is that I should add rowId here:
<input type="image" onclick="form.action='action.do?command=notify&rowId='
${list.OperationId}"/> , correct ?
I am not sure that it will work, especially with Struts tag.
I will probably try something like:
<html:submit onclick="form.action='action.do?command=notify'" value="${list.OperationId}">
I am relatively new to Struts, so now sure what will work or not and how to do it better. How do I catch the submitted value in the Action in either of these 2 cases, via action.getSession().getProperty("rowId") /
action.getSession().getProperty("submit") ?
I would probably do it as a URL rather than changing the action of the form.I will have to create a new action anyway to process that row [which is sending user e-mail regarding that row data/event].
Is the id the only thing you have to pass in?
Or do you need other values from the screen?Selected rowId is probably the only thing I care about, can access values from the Form in Action.
Thank you,
Oleg.