retrieving a session variable

[InfoCorp]

I am trying to retrieve a session variable and then check the value of that variable inside an if statement. I am getting an error saying that you incompatiable aperand types string and char. What am I doing wrong? The code follows. Thanks for the help.

function Init()
{
<%String simgenb = (String)session.getAttribute("simgenb");
if(simgenb == 'Y')
{%>
document.Detail.Image.hidden = False
document.Detail.Image.disabled = False

document.Detail.Picture.hidden = False
document.Detail.Picture.disabled = False

document.Detail.Map.hidden = False
document.Detail.Map.disabled = False
<%}%>
}

 

[stevexff]

Do you need double quotes to make "Y" into a string?

 

[Einstein47]

I would suggest you change the if test to be like this:

if (simgenb.equals("Y"))

because in Java a String is an object and the == won't always work. I would be better to use the Java tools that are available for Strings.

Einstein47
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