databinder

I'm using Spring 3.2.0. I have registered a few custom property editors for some basic needs as follows. import editors.DateTimeEditor; import editors.StrictNumberFormatEditor; import java.math.RoundingMode; import java.net.URL; import java.text.DecimalFormat; import java.text.NumberFormat; import org.joda.time.DateTime; import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.StringTrimmerEditor; import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.URLEditor; import org.springframework.web.bind.WebDataBinder; import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ControllerAdvice; import org.springframework.web

I have four select option list two are populated with data form the database and two are multi selects which are bind to the POJO. I then use java script to add options form the database select option list into the bind select option list however when i submit to the controller if the form is returned with errors and the select option list have data in it the data is lost. The list items are both getting data properly only when the form is posted to the controller if the validation finds any errors and returns the form if these fields had data its lost. I may have to write a

How can I format data coming from a DataBinder.Eval statement in an ASPX page? For example, I want to display the published date of the news items in a particular format in the homepage. I'm using the ASP.NET 2.0 Repeater control to show the list of news items. The code for this goes like this: <asp:Repeater ID="Repeater1" runat="server" DataSourceID="ObjectDataSource1"> <HeaderTemplate><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="255"></HeaderTemplate> <ItemTemplate> <tr><td > <a href='/content/latestNews.aspx?id=<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "id") %>'> <asp:Label ID="lblNewsTitle"