"tony.herstell(a)gmail.com" wrote : 1. Why are my varibales being renamed _id9:? can I guarentee that they will always be prefixied by this and if not how do I reference them? Some JSF components act as naming containers (e.g. h:form) - thats where the prepended id comes from. It can change as you alter the page. There should be lots of resources in JSF books/the net on how to work with this. Or ask on a JSF forum View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4037292#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...