The problem is that by the time the code in the JSP runs, and this includes the code in the tag that is getting the 'code' out of the database, the JSP has already been compiled. So there is no way to include that 'code' in the JSP. However, I assume that the 'code' eventually generates HTML to include in the page. Therefore, you could look into generating, and compiling, a class on the fly, using the 'code' as the body of a method that returns a string. Defining an interface that describes this method would help. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4070680#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...