Declaration

[Mathew Sam]

what is the difference between variables declared using scriplets tag and using declaration tag.
1)<% String s; %>
2)<! String s %>

[Arun Boraiah]

hi,
<% declaration %> (scriplet tag) the variable declared will be local to method(say service or user defined method).
<%! code %>(Declaration tag) code is inserted inbody servlet class, outside of service method. There by avaliable for all mehtod's of that jsp.
-arun

[Mathew Sam]

Thanks for the info