How to un-escape HTML tags in JSP/Struts

[John]

Hi,
I receive from the database HTML formatted Strings like that:

<b>Currently results</b>

Using the <bean:message> struts tag, I expect to display it on the
generated JSP page in bold. But, for some reason, the browser really
displays

<b>Currently results</b>

The source code is of course

&lt;b&gt;Current results&lt;/b&gt;

So, somewhere happens a conversion, but I do not know where; I saw,
that before calling the <bean:message> tag, the string is still with
the formatted tags, which is ok.

Can somebody tell me what am I doing wrong? Do you have some example
that works?

Thank you very much for your help,
John

 

[Roedy Green]

&lt;b&gt;Current results&lt;/b&gt;

To convert those entities back to text, see
http://mindprod.com/products1.html#ENTITIES

to stop Struts from quoting them in the first place, you would have to
ask someone else.

 

[Mark Space]

The source code is of course

&lt;b&gt;Current results&lt;/b&gt;

Have you looked in the database to see what is stored there? So you are
certain that the field contains <'s and >'s?

Show us the methods you use to retrieve this field from the database,
and the methods you use to send it to the client. An SSCCE would be ideal.

 

[Tim B]

Hi,
I receive from the database HTML formatted Strings like that:

<b>Currently results</b>

Using the <bean:message> struts tag, I expect to display it on the
generated JSP page in bold. But, for some reason, the browser really
displays

<b>Currently results</b>

The source code is of course

&lt;b&gt;Current results&lt;/b&gt;

So, somewhere happens a conversion, but I do not know where; I saw,
that before calling the <bean:message> tag, the string is still with
the formatted tags, which is ok.

Can somebody tell me what am I doing wrong? Do you have some example
that works?

Thank you very much for your help,
John

try setting the filter attribute of the bean:message tag to false:

<bean:message key="message.with.html" filter="false"/>

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

try setting the filter attribute of the bean:message tag to false:

<bean:message key="message.with.html" filter="false"/>

Does bean:message have filter ?

http://struts.apache.org/1.3.8/struts-taglib/tagreference.html#struts-bean.tld
indicates not (and that it may be necesarry to switch to bean:write).

Arne