how to use jsp tag expression in <html:select>?

Question

I want to display dropdown on the basis of if condition,My code snippet is as below

 <%if(userType.equalsIgnoreCase("O")) {String user=(String)session.getAttribute("executorname"); %>
            <html:select style="width:190;" value="<%=user%>" property="jobOwner">
                <html:option value="<%=user %>"><%=user %></html:option>
            </html:select>
            <%} %>

I get org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /jsp/frmQueryExecutor.jsp(73,23) quote symbol expected

I want the value os session variable in dropdown.

Answer 1

Try it this way,

<c:choose>
  <c:when test="${not empty sessionScope.executorname}"> //if loop
     <html:select style="width:190;" value="<%=user%>" property="jobOwner">
         <html:option value="${sessionScope.executorname}"><${sessionScope.executorname}></html:option>
     </html:select>
  </c:when>
  <c:otherwise> // else loop
      //do whatever
  </c:otherwise>
</c:choose>

and try to avoid scriplets all together.