SelectOneListbox

Question

Basically I need to add the contents of a list box from one bean to another bean
I am populating the selectOneListbox from a database table via a backing bean � this bit I have managed to do.
When I submit the form I want to add the contents of the selectOneListbox to another bean to be stored in a database (a foreign key)
Here is the code used to poulate the listbox from courseOffering bean.
addStudent.jsp
<h:outputText value="#{msgs.courseOffering}" />               
<h:selectOneListbox id="courseOffering" size="1" value="#{courseOffering.courseOfferings}">
<f:selectItems value="#{courseOffering.courseOfferingsItems}"/>
</h:selectOneListbox>
<h:message for="courseOffering" styleClass="errorMessage"/>
courseOfferingBean
public String getCourseOfferings() {
return courseOfferings;
public void setCourseOfferings(String newValue) {
courseOfferings = newValue;
protected Collection courseOfferingsItems = null;
public Collection getCourseOfferingsItems() throws SQLException, NamingException {
courseOfferingsItems = new ArrayList();
try {
open();
PreparedStatement st = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT courseOfferingCode from tblCourseOffering order by courseOfferingCode");
ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery();
while (rs.next()) {
courseOfferingsItems.add(new SelectItem(rs.getString(1)));
return courseOfferingsItems;
finally {
close();
public void setCourseOfferingsItems(Collection newOptions) {
courseOfferingsItems = new ArrayList(newOptions);
I what place the selected item into the studentBean then to add to the database here is my code so far.
studentBean
private String courseOfferings;
public String getCourseOfferings() {
return courseOfferings;
public void setCourseOfferings(String newValue) {
courseOfferings = newValue;
public String addStudent() throws SQLException, NamingException {
try {
open();
PreparedStatement idQuery = conn.prepareStatement(
"SELECT * from tblStudent WHERE studentNo = ?");
idQuery.setString(1, studentNo);
ResultSet res = idQuery.executeQuery();
boolean movenext = res.next();
if (!movenext) {
String addStatement = "INSERT INTO tblStudent VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)";
PreparedStatement prepStmt = conn.prepareStatement(addStatement);
prepStmt.setString(1, studentNo);
prepStmt.setString(2, firstName);
prepStmt.setString(3, surname);
prepStmt.setDate(4, toSQLDate(date));
prepStmt.setInt(5, yearEnrolled);
prepStmt.setString(6, courseOfferings);
prepStmt.executeUpdate();
prepStmt.close();
return "findStudentSuccess";
else
return "idAlreadyExists";
finally {
close();
This allways returns 'null', I have been trying to get this working for 2 weeks now help please.

Answer 1

I have managed to solve this problem
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