Setting attributes from JSP to Servlet

[Husam Haddad]

Can anybody help me ??? thanks
JSP code:
...
<%
request.setAttribute("name", "Husam Haddad");
%>
...//forwarding to servlet using the form HTML tag

Servlet code:
{
...
String name = request.getAttribute("name");
System.out.println("name is " + name);
...
}

the output is : name is null

why is null ?

[Bear Bibeault]

forwarding to servlet using the form HTML tag

That is most decidedly not a forward.

When the HTML page is delivered to the browser, the request goes out of scope and with it the request scoped variable.

For some basic understanding of how JSPs work, please read this article.