Pass a variable from JSP to embedded Script

Question

I can't seem to find a way around this. Please help.
I need to get the value of "item.likes" from the JSP page and put it into the embedded Script.
Can I do that ?
Nothing I came up with worked, and I found nothing on the Internet. I searched for a lot of things. Is the only way to just implement that JSP page as a servlet ?
Please see code below
thank you !!
Dennis
<sql:setDataSource var="profileDS"
url="jdbc:mysql://localhost/test"
driver="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
user="xxx" password="xxx" />
<sql:query var="profileQuery" dataSource="${profileDS}">
SELECT likes
FROM profiles where likes=?
<sql:param value="${param.likes}"/>
</sql:query>
<c:forEach var="item" items="${profileQuery.rows}">
c:out value="${item.likes}"/>
<%
String dd= request.getAttribute("item.likes");
out.write(dd); //does not work here ... should print out the value of item.likes
%>
</c:forEach>

Answer 1

Some funny scooping with forEach. But if you put a "<c:set var="item.likes" value="${item.likes}" scope="request"/>" first inside the loop it is possible to use that value for your script. But using your sample the printout gets funny. All script output first and then the EL-created out.
Hopes this helps you anyway.
/Micael Ericsson