Tag does not evaluate expression

Question

Here is the tag I am using:
<lst:select name="country" table="country" column="name" key="id" selected="<%= rsNetwork.getString("country_id") %>" />
The selected attribute does not return the value of "country_id" instead it results the entire expression "rsNetwork.getString("country_id")"
What am i doing wrong??????

Answer 1

In JSP 1.1 and without using JSTL u can do this in the following way
define a variable outside the tag (either using scriplets or using struts-bean tags) and then use it inside your tag
<%
String selected = rsNetwork.getString("country_id");
%>
<lst:select name="country" table="country" column="name" key="id" selected="<%=selected%>" />
well, your lst tag must have <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue> for the selected attribute inside your tld.