how to pass data in an hidden field from one jsp page to another?

Question

I have some data in an hidden field on a jsp page

<input type=hidden id="thisField" name="inputName">

how to access or pass this field onsubmit to another page?

Answer 1

To pass the value you must included the hidden value value="hiddenValue" in the <input> statement like so:

<input type="hidden" id="thisField" name="inputName" value="hiddenValue">

Then you recuperate the hidden form value in the same way that you recuperate the value of visible input fields, by accessing the parameter of the request object. Here is an example:

This code goes on the page where you want to hide the value.

<form action="anotherPage.jsp" method="GET">
    <input type="hidden" id="thisField" name="inputName" value="hiddenValue">
<input type="submit">   
</form>

Then on the 'anotherPage.jsp' page you recuperate the value by calling the getParameter(String name) method of the implicit request object, as so:

<% String hidden = request.getParameter("inputName"); %>
The Hidden Value is <%=hidden %>

The output of the above script will be:

The Hidden Value is hiddenValue