title: passing value from jsp to servlet
body: <p>I need your help in this particular issue
  I want to pass the value of a hidden input type in a .jsp program to a servlet program</p>
  
  <p>what I am doing is basically this </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;input type="hidden" name="articleId" id="articleId" value=" &lt;%request.getParameter("articleId");%&gt;"/&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and from the servlet I am getting the value </p>
  
  <pre><code>String articleId = request.getParameter("message");
          PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
          out.println(articleId);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It doesn't print any think . the jsp form method is post and the servlet method is doPost</p>
  
  <p>any Ideas why it doesn't pass the parameter?</p>