Request.getParameter() when uploading files

Question

Hi, I need to upload files and do other works .. such that, in my html ..
<form name="composer" method="post" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data">
<input type=hidden name="a" value="a">
<input type=File name=inputfile>
<inpu type=button name=Upload onClick='upload file'>
<inpu type=button name=otherStuff onClick='do other stuff'>
</form>
In the jsp for 'do other stuff', I have the following statement to get the value of a
String a = request.getParameter("a");
However, it returns 'null', if I erase the 'ENCTYPE' part from the html file, it works. How can I get it right?

Answer 1

If your ENCTYPE is multi-part/form-data, then there is another technichque to read the form parameters.
request.getParameter() won't work.
first u need to read the requenct explicitely and divide the contents into parameters, files etc. and then read the parameter values.
you can get a lot of stuff regarding this on web, like 'uploading files using jsp'.
have fun!!