Hi,
I would like to know how to assign and display the value to a column name 'item_name' in first.jsp

I have 2 jsp pages - first.jsp , second.jsp. The first.jsp will call the second.jsp and pass in the value. In the second.jsp, I will call the method in the bean file. how do I assign the value and return to the first.jsp.

In second.jsp, i manage the get the value for itemDesc but not sure how to assign this to the column 'item_name' in first.jsp

TQ

The following codes for yr ref
second.jsp
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<jsp:useBean id = "trx" class=".trx.TransDetails" scope="request" />
<% String in_num = request.getParameter("in_num");
String itemDesc = trx.getItem(in_num); // pass in the code and get from database the desc, and return to itemDesc to be display in first.jsp

%>
<script>
window.history.back();
</script>

first.jsp - part of the html body
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<table border="1" width="100%">
<tr>
<th bgcolor="#99CCFF" width="3%">No.</th>
<th bgcolor="#99CCFF" width="15%">Item Code</th>
<th bgcolor="#99CCFF" width="25%">Item Name</th>
</tr>

<%
int i;
for (i=1;i<=5;i++) {%>

<tr>
<td width="3%"><center><%=i%></center></td>
<td width="15%">
<input type="text" name="item_num<%=i%>"
style="width:100%;text-align:left;" maxlength=15
onChange="location.href='second.jsp?in_num='+this. value,
openRow(<%=i%>);">
</td>

<td width="19%">
<input type="text" name="materialDesc<%=i%>"
style="width:100%" value="" disabled>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Create setter methods in your bean, then call them as you did your getter method

trx.setItem("yourValue");

setItem must be created in your bean first, something like

public void setItem(String yourItem)
{
  this.item = yourItem;
}

and to return to the first jsp page use

response.sendRedirect("first.jsp");

First and most important thing is that thinking of communication between two web pages is not possible without considering the session. There are three different ways of session management.
1.Cookies
2.URL redirection
3.Session Object

here you can use the third option i.e session object, when u are fetching the description of item from the database immediatally put it into the session veriable and go back to the previous page and get the item desc into the session object.
Hope your probles has been addressed correctly.. B'O L
thank you...