Forms in jsp

[bbq]

I have a problem when I try to collect information from a form in a JSP file.
I have a field in the form and its type is “select”. In the field there are states
Then I collect from jsp file in a variable (type string)
State= request.getParameter("state")
It Works for state with a only Word, for states such as “san francisco, san josé” doesn’t work

why?

[Jack]

Look this

<%
for (int i=0; i<state.size(); i++) {
%>
<option value="<%=state.elementAt(i).toString()%>"><% =state.elementAt(i).toString()%></option>
<%
}
%>