JSTL Tag Question - forEach

Question

Hi there, I have this piece of code;
<c:forEach var="row" items="${linkQuery.rows}" varStatus="status">
<tr>
<td>
<c:out value="<%= altField %>"/>
</td>
</tr>
</c:forEach>
You see the field to be displayed is a variable; altField, of which the string value is;
"${row.SOMEFIELDNAME}"
however when run, it simply prints out the value between the speech marks rather than evaluating the expression.
It prints;
<c:out value="<%= altField %>"/>
Instead of;
<c:out value="${row.SOMEFIELDNAME}"/>
I ve tried escaping the speech marks however I get a compilation error if I try this.
It needs to be a variable because the field name varies on each instance. Any help greatly received,
Simon.

Answer 1

I'm not sure if you've tried this, but I think it ought to look like:
<c:forEach var="row" items="${linkQuery.rows}" varStatus="status">
<tr>
<td>
<c:out value="${row.SOMEFIELDNAME}"/>
</td>
</tr>
</c:forEach>It sounds like you're mixing and matching the EL and scriptlets - not a good idea. That's what the EL is for - getting all that scriptlet code out of your JSPs.
My JSPs print successfully doing it this way. See if yours does, too. - MOD