using EL in jsp include file

[Stu Johns]

Hi I have a JSP including a page that adds a parameter

  
<jsp:include page="/WEB-INF/includes/inc1.jspf">
    <jsp:param name="myParam" value='param value'/>
</jsp:include>
  

and the included file that tries to read the parameter

  
value from the jsp param tag is ${param.myParam}

however it does not display as i want, it displays as if isELIgnored is set to true. Explicitly setting to false doesnt make a difference.
anyone know how to achieve this?

thanks

Stu.

[Christophe Verré]

/WEB-INF/includes/inc1.jspf

Is your container configured to treat jspf files as jsp files ? For a quick check, you can try to rename your file inc1.jsp and see if EL is interpreted.

[Stu Johns]

thats it, thanks, I'll configure the container.

[Bear Bibeault]

The .jspf file type should only be used for statically included files (with the include directive).

[Bear Bibeault]

P.S. If you are using JSP 2.0 or 2.1, you might want to consider tag files as a better alternative to included files.

[Bear Bibeault]

Originally posted by Stu Johns:
thats it, thanks, I'll configure the container.

I would not do that. As I said, conventionally, .jsp is for active resources, and .jspf is for static inclusion. The appropriate, and easier path, is to simply use the proper file type.