When I download and inplement your code I am getting the following error!! java.lang.NullPointerException at roseindia.web.SearchTutorialAction.execute(SearchTutorialAction.java:40) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:419) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:224) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1194) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:432) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:763) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856) at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletServiceAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:225) at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper.invokeServlet(StubSecurityHelper.java:127) at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.execute(ServletStubImpl.java:230) at weblogic.servlet.internal.TailFilter.doFilter(TailFilter.java:26) at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:42) at com.grems.struts.BasicFilter.doFilter(BasicFilter.java:52) at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:42) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.run(WebAppServletContext.java:3212) at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321) at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:121) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.securedExecute(WebAppServletContext.java:1983) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.execute(WebAppServletContext.java:1890) at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.run(ServletRequestImpl.java:1344) at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:209) at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:181)