Reading a Textarea from a form in a servlet 1

[timesign]

Hi,
I am having trouble here, the req.getparameter is returning null. (as tested by system.out.println)
I guess it is something simple i just don't understand.


[ I have put text in the textarea and have tried a variety of tests to prove that my problem line seems to be
InputFile = rq.getParameter("file"); returns null.
It actually errors and prints stack trace by
StringReader isr = new StringReader(InputFile); ]


the Html Page ----------------------------
<FORM ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data"
method="POST" ACTION="/servlet/StringConversion">
<Textarea rows=10 cols=40 name="file"></textarea>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Translate File">
</FORM>

the servlet---------------------------------

String InputFile = new String();
InputFile = rq.getParameter("file");
System.out.println(InputFile);

try{
StringReader isr = new StringReader(InputFile); //this is
// of course where it errors out as the string=null.
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(isr);

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Thanks a load!!

 

[grega]

Looks like the jsp doesn't like the enctype form attribute, as it works fine when you remove it.

<form method="POST" action="/servlet/StringConversion">
<textarea rows="10" cols="40" name="file"></textarea>
<br>
<input type="submit" value="Translate File">
</form>

And the jsp

String InputFile = new String();
InputFile = request.getParameter("file");
System.out.println(InputFile);

Greg.