String Trimming Issue

Question

Hello, All.
In one of my JSP's, I retrieve search parameters a user entered on a form add it to the session. I then redisplay the data to the when they return to the JSP. What's happening is that when the data is redisplayed in the text fields, it shows as if there are leading spaces or tabs. I do a string trim before I add the data to the session, but this does not seem to work. I have also tried trimming the string after retrieving the data from the session object.
I have also confirmed that the length of the data item placed in the session is the same as the length of the item once I retrieve it from the session. I'm not sure, but I believe it may be inserting tabs into the text fields. Anyone out there know what's going on? Any assistance is appreciated. Thanks much.

Answer 1

I use the following code to retrieve the data from the html form and run it through my cleanParam method, which just trims it:
String name = cleanParam(request.getParameter("compname"));
I then add the code to the session after I've performed processing on the data:
session.setAttribute("name", name);
The html form has the following code to display data:
<input type="text" name="compname" size="30" maxlength="30" value=
<%if(!isEmptyString(getSessionString(session, "name"))){%>"
<%= session.getAttribute("name") %>"<%}else{%>"<%=name%>"<%}%>>
Thanks.