struts validation issue

[jonathan Greens]

hi folks,
It seems like if I specify a field as required in
struts's validation-rule.xml and that field is missing
from the form, when i submit the form it would say
file not found /actionName without spitting out an
exception. It is as if it's seeing the action
specified by actionName as a file... any idea why?
thanks
Here is my validation-rule.xml:

<form name="saveSoldierInfoForm">
<field property="gender" depends="required">
<arg0 key="soldier.gender"/>
</field>
<field property="headWeight" depends="required">
<arg0 key="soldier.headWeight"/>
</field>
</form>

Here is my action-mapping:

<action path="/saveSoldierInfo"
name="saveSoldierInfoForm"

type="com.xxx.software.xxx.soldier.SaveSoldierInfoAction"
input="saveSoldierInfo">
<forward name="success" path="/Login.jsp"/>
<forward name="failure" path="/Home.jsp"/>
</action>
 

Here is my form embedded in the jsp

<form name="saveSoldierInfoForm" method="post"
action="/HSM/saveSoldierInfo.do">
  <td> <input type="text" name="gender" value="">
</td>
<td height="20">  <input type="submit"
value="sub"></td>
</form>

if I add in the missing required field headWeight,
then
the action gets called and everything's fine.
otherwise, it would not even construct the action, it
happened before action gets constructed and called..
If a field is missing, shouldn't it just populate the
bean and forwards back to the input page with the
error msg instead of giving a mysterious error?
what's wrong with the way i m using struts validation?

[Merrill Higginson]

Try using the Struts <html:form> tag instead of the regular html version. In the Struts tag, specify the action as /saveSoldierInfo (no .do). It appears that the validator doesn't know where to return to if there's an error. I believe that using the struts form tag may solve this problem.
[ March 10, 2005: Message edited by: Merrill Higginson ]

[jonathan Greens]

Merril,
thank you. I believe that was the cause of the problem, using struts tags definitely works.