Question

I have array populated with elements and I want to display elements of that array in drop down list.

Here is relevant piece of code.

 Party[] Parties = party.getAllParties;

In my jsp page, i have

 <td nowrap>
    <select label="Party List" array="Parties" name="Party List">
        <option value=<%= (Parties) %>></option>
    </select>
</td>

Now when i go and check view source of jsp page, i have

<td nowrap>
  <select label="Party List" array="Parties" name="Party List">
     <option value=[Lcom.areil.pdo.party.Party;@1404de3></option>
  </select>
</td>

I know, way option value is set is not correct and am not sure what is right way of doing it.

Answer 1

Yes, it is because you are trying to display array directly.

The statement you have is equal to System.out.println(Parties);

You need to loop through the array and display each element by index like parties[i].

Example:

for(int i=0;i<Parties.length;i++) 
{ %> 
<tr><td><%=Parties[i]%></td></tr><% 
}