Java EE (Java Enterprise Edition) General Discussion

hi,

i am new to java and jsp programming and i am trying to use jsp:param nested in my
jsp:forward statement.

if i specify a value in jsp:param my page would display properly. however when i passed a variable in my jsp:param i get the error:

Generated servlet error:
[javac] Compiling 1 source file
C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Tomcat 4.1\work\Standalone\localhost\star\jsp\Meeting_CreateMinutes_jsp.java:135: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : method encode (long)
location: class java.net.URLEncoder
pageContext.forward("Meeting_ActionItems.jsp" + "?" + "docno=" + java.net.URLEncoder.encode( carno ) + "&" + "formmode=" + "Add");

^
1 error

this is the snippet in my jsp page that (i suspect) caused the error:


<% long carno = newcar.getDocno(); %>
<jsp:forward page="Meeting_ActionItems.jsp">
<jsp:param name="docno" value="<%= carno %>"/>
<jsp:param name="formmode" value="Add"/>
</jsp:forward>

my question is : does jsp:param do not accept variables as values?

thanks in advance.

best regards,

noynoy