handling nulls in jsp textbox

[maria_megha]

Hi how can I replace "null" from being displayed with an empty string in a textbox on the JSPs ..depending on textbox data availability..
I tried the code below but still it displays null

<% String phone=userInfoObj..getPhoneno();
if(phone==null||phone.equalsIgnoreCase("null"))
phone=" ";
%>
		
		<td >
		<input type="text" name="phoneno" class="txtBox" value="<%=phone %>"></td>

can you suggest by using java or javascript?

[spchinta]

What is the value returned by userInfoObj..getPhoneno()?

I replaced with String phone= null; in your code and tried. It worked perfectly.
I didn't see null in text box.

[servlet]

Your code should work just fine, and print empty string instead of null.
Where's the problem ?