using ${something} expressions in jsp

${expr} in jsp requires two things

1 - A JSP2.0 container - eg Tomcat 5. In a JSP1.2 container you can only use EL in the JSTL tags.

2 - Your web.xml file must declare itself as being version 2.4

http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=629437&tstart=0

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evnafetsa at 2007-7-16 1:41:50 >

In a JSP2.0 container, ${expr} is a runtime expression.

if you use tomcat 5, and declare your web.xml as version 2.4, you can use ${expr} anywhere that you can use <%= expr %>

So you can use it anywhere in template text, and also as an attribute to any tag that takes a runtime expression.

evnafetsa at 2007-7-16 1:41:50 >