Missing Parameters when JSP Forwarding

Question

I am having difficulty with passing parameters when a forward occurs from
one JSP to a second JSP. When I try to get those parameters on the second
JSP I am getting nulls since it never actually receives them as parameters.
Here is what the code looks like ...
first JSP
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<jsp:forward page="second.jsp" >
<jsp:param name="arg1" value="hi" />
<jsp:forward>
second JSP
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String arg1 = request.getParameter( "arg1" )
This situation is occuring for me on iPlanet Web Server 4.1. (Fyi, when I
use the same JSPs on Tomcat through JBuilder, the parameter is passed to the
second JSP.) I am wondering if if I am missing something on how iPlanet
wants me to do pass arguments when forwarding or whether I just need to find
an alternative way to accomplish my goal. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

In your second JSp try using.
String arg1 = (String) request.getAttribute('arg1");
I'm not sure if this is correct but from my understanding of Servlets you can not set a parameter programatically without overriding the ServletRequest. However, you can set an attribute. If this does not work then the following absolutely will:
JSP 1
<% request.setAttribute("args1","hi");
<jsp:forward page="second.jsp"/>
JSP 2
<% String param = (String) request.getAttribute("arg1"); %>
Hope this helps