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WebSphere Commerce JHelper is unable to retrieve catalogId from request properties.

Problem(Abstract)

The catalogId is unable to be retrieved from the JHelper object, as in the following example code: JSPHelper jhelper = new JSPHelper(request); String catalogId = jhelper.getParameter("catalogId");

Cause

This is a known issue in WebSphere Commerce 6.

Resolving the problem

APAR JR26673 is able to resolve this issue. Please contact WebSphere Commerce Support for obtaining this APAR. There is also a workaround, by using StoreAccessBean. For example, see the following code snippet: JSPHelper jhelper = new JSPHelper(request); String storeId = jhelper.getParameter("storeId"); CommandContext commandContext = (CommandContext) request.getAttribute(ECConstants.EC_COMMANDCONTEXT); com.ibm.commerce.common.objects.StoreAccessBean storeAB = new com.ibm.commerce.common.objects.StoreAccessBean(); storeAB.setInitKey_storeEntityId(storeId); String catalogId = storeAB.getMasterCatalog().getCatalogReferenceNumber();

 

Document Information

Current web document: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21273523