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form field in jsp not change java variable

I can't change the data information in my jsp page when I submit the form and call a java function(When the button is pressed).
This is a peace of code used in my .jsp form field:
...
<h:form>
<h:panelGrid columns="3">
<h:outputLabel for="contactName" value="#{msj.contactName}"/>
<h:inputText id="contactName" value="#{CustodiaBean.name}" required="true">
<f:validator validatorId = "TextValidator" />
</h:inputText>
<h:message for="contactName" styleClass="errorMessage" style="color:red"/>
<h:outputLabel for="contactLastName" value="#{msj.contactLastName}"/>
<h:inputText id="contactLastName" value="#{CustodiaBean.last_name}" required="true" >
<f:validator validatorId = "TextValidator" />
</h:inputText>
<h:message for="contactLastName" styleClass="errorMessage" style="color:red"/>
</h:panelGrid>
<div id="button">
<h:commandLink styleClass="hoveringLink3doubleGreen" action="#{CustodiaBean.updateAccount}">
<h:outputText id="save_button" value="#{msj.save_changes}"/>
</h:commandLink>
<h:commandLink styleClass="hoveringLink3double" action="myAccountCustodia">
<h:outputText id="cancel_button" value="#{msj.cancel}"/>
</h:commandLink>
</div>
</h:form>
...
This is the same piece of code used in other pages like login and register user.
The form fields get the current values in "CustodiaBean", but i try to change the value in the form and when I press the button to check the value(call a function in "CustodiaBean"), I always get the previous value (The new form value is not changed in my class "CustodiaBean").
I'm using a tomcat server and eclipse.
Is necesary to force the field to be bloqued and save the changes when the button is pressed??
I don't know why this is happen. Can anyone help me or give me some advice??
Thanks a lot in advance

Does h:inputText etc also has a property name? Try to see what html is generated. It may be possible that your data is not getting submitted properly. Any HTML form directly submit feilds which are non disabled with the name property of each field. IF id is present and not name, it wont be submitted correctly. Try debugging at browser level or via some firefox plugin like tamper data.
Hope it helps

p:ajax using an global HTML id to reference to an <h:messages> attribute

I currently working on an project that needs some "rebuild" but still there is no money on this - so I have to deal with that what's in front of me. I need to display an message on every change of the radioButton as you can see in this code example:
<h:form>
<h:messages id="msg"/>
<p:accordionPanel value="#{exerciseBean.getCategoriesInGrade(5)}" var="category">
<p:tab title="#{category.categoryName}">
<h:panelGrid columns="1" cellpadding="5">
<ui:repeat value="#{exerciseBean.getSingleChoiceInGrade(5, category.categoryName)}" var="exercise">
<div>#{exercise.getText()}</div>
<p:selectOneRadio value="#{exerciseBean.data}" >
<f:selectItems value="#{exercise.getChoices()}" var="c" itemLabel="#{c.id}" itemValue="#{c.id}" />
<p:ajax event="change" process="#this" listener="#{exerciseBean.validateInput(exercise.getId())}" update="msg"/>
</p:selectOneRadio>
</ui:repeat>
</h:panelGrid>
</p:tab>
</p:accordionPanel>
</h:form>
As you can see - inside this <h:form> there is directly an <h:messages> with the id msg. Now the problem: I still get the error: "cannot find component with identifier 'msg'". I now tried it with the prefix : but still the same problem. Is there a way to get PrimeFaces/JSF to reference to this "global-id"?
In my backend I send the message like this:
FacesMessage facesMessage = new FacesMessage("Right Answer!");
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, facesMessage);
thanks.

You need an id for your form.
You then need to modify the reference to msg in the ajax update attribute.
So the following code change should do it for you.
1.<h:form id="formID" >
2.<p:ajax event="change" process="#this" listener="#{exerciseBean.validateInput(exercise.getId())}" update=":formID:msg"/>

How to show a value from database in input text?

I am trying to show a value from the database in a input text to update it. so when I click on the column the program show a window with all the values but as an inputtext so the user can't update the values.
I am using PrimeFace 4, jsf and mysql as a database
<i>
<h:panelGrid id="display" columns="2" cellpadding="4">
<h:outputText value="ID:" />
<h:outputText value="#{usersBean.selectUser.idUtilisateur}"
style="font-weight:bold" />
<h:outputText value="Nom:" />
<h:inputText value="#{usersBean.selectUser.nomUtilisateur}"
style="font-weight:bold" />
<h:outputText value="Prenom" />
<h:inputText value="#{usersBean.selectUser.prenomUtilisateur}"
style="font-weight:bold" />
<h:outputText value="Indentifiant" />
<h:inputText value="#{usersBean.selectUser.identifiUtilisateur}"
style="font-weight:bold" />
</h:panelGrid>
<i/>

Any input field should be inside a form (h:form will do) to be processed. You could omit this in case you just want to output the data. But in this case it would be more "correct" to use "output" elements for this task.
Since you use PrimeFaces I would highly recommend using p:inputText (http://www.primefaces.org/showcase/ui/inputText.jsf). It has all the attributes of h:inputText but is more compatible with PF processors.
To show any value inside an inputText you just have to initialize it in the provided managed bean. And of course, if you use partial submit approach don't forget to update the element/container you're trying to show values at.

JSF 1.1 Datatable CRUD operation

We have a old application running with JSF 1.1, cannot upgrade due to client specification.
I would like to know is it possible to have a datatable with JSF 1.1 and upon clicking a button or link in datatable row open a dialog popup and do CRUD operation?
Thanks
Edit 1
I guess Apache Trinidad supports JSF 1.1. Can I do CRUD operation with Trinidad?

I think using Richfaces 3.1.6 (JSF 1.1 compatible) with the great A4J, will help you doing so:
<h:form id="myForm">
<rich:dataTable width="100%" style="border:none;margin-left:15px;" id="tableId" columnClasses="colClass"
value="#{managedBean.someList}" var="someVar">
<h:column> some content for this column </h:column>
<h:column>
<a4j:commandLink styleClass="linkClass" value="Delete" reRender="myForm:myModal" ajaxSingle="true" oncomplete="#{rich:component('myForm:myModal')}.show()" actionListener="#{managedBean.someMethodToUpdateDTO}">
<a4j:actionparam value="#{someVar.idForExample}" name="someName" assignTo="#{managedBean.someDTOObjectToBeUpdated.id}"/>
</a4j:commandLink>
</h:column>
</rich:dataTable>
<rich:modalPanel id="panel" width="350" height="100">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:panelGroup>
<h:outputText value="Are you really, really sure to delete this one!!! #{managedBean.someDTOObjectToBeUpdated.name}"></h:outputText>
</h:panelGroup>
</f:facet>
<a4j:commandButton styleClass="btnClass" value="Oui" ajaxSingle="true" oncomplete="#{rich:component('myForm:myModal')}.hide()" reRedner="myForm:tableId" action="#{managedBean.deleteIt}">
</rich:modalPanel>
</h:form>
someMethodToUpdateDTO is a method, in your managed bean that looks like this:
public void someMethodToUpdateDTO(ActionEvent event){
//In this method I just load the object from somewhere else
someDTOObjectToBeUpdated = someDAO.getObject(someDTOObjectToBeUpdated.getId());
//someDTOObjectToBeUpdated is an attribute of your managed bean, of course with its getter and setter
}
Hope this helps,
Cheers

Is it possible to have a form with validation and to use rich:modalPanel for data entry too?

Richfaces 3.3.3, Jsf 1.2:
I have a a4j:form that uses some simple validation, mainly required="true" to ensure the form does not get submitted without some necessary data.
I also have some complex data to add (optionally) to the form, so I thought the best way to do this is to have a a4j:commandButton that displays a rich:modalPanel where the user can create the complex data set.
The created data is also displayed in a h:selectManyListbox that is reRendered when the modalPanel is closed.
That's the plan, at least. I have the following problems:
reRender works, but only if I prevent validation via immediate="true" - which in turn seems to prevent the selected data from the modalPanel to be present in the backing Bean
if I remove the immediate tag, the data gets updated, but only if there are no validation errors
What is the best way to get this to work the way I want? Is there another, better way?
UPDATE:
The Validation that fails is in some different part of the form, not in the data entered via the modalPanel, which is displayed in the Listbox
CODE:
modalPanel:
<rich:modalPanel id="addTrimming" domElementAttachment="parent" width="150" height="130">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:panelGroup>
<h:outputText value="Define Filter" />
</h:panelGroup>
</f:facet>
<f:facet name="controls">
<h:panelGroup>
<h:graphicImage value="/images/close.gif" styleClass="hidelink" id="hidelinkAddTrimming"/>
<rich:componentControl for="addTrimming" attachTo="hidelinkAddTrimming" operation="hide" event="onclick"/>
</h:panelGroup>
</f:facet>
<h:panelGrid id="trimsettings" columns="3">
<h:outputText value="Target:" style="font-weight:bold"/>
<h:inputText id="target" label="XML Filename" required="true" value="#{xmlCreator.trimTarget}">
</h:inputText>
<h:outputText value=""/>
<h:outputText value="Mode:"/>
<h:selectOneMenu value="#{xmlCreator.trimMode}">
<f:selectItem itemLabel="Quality" itemValue="quality"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="after Primer" itemValue="afterPrimer"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="fixed" itemValue="fixed"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="Median length" itemValue="median"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="Motif" itemValue="motif"/>
</h:selectOneMenu>
<h:outputText value=""/>
</h:panelGrid>
<h:panelGroup>
<a4j:commandButton value="OK" action="#{xmlCreator.createTrimming}" onclick="from:submit()">
<a4j:support event="oncomplete" ajaxSingle="true" immediate="true" reRender="trimsPanel"/>
</a4j:commandButton>
</h:panelGroup>
</rich:modalPanel>
relevant form part:
<h:outputText value="Trimming:"/>
<a4j:outputPanel id="trimsPanel">
<h:selectManyListbox id="trims" value="#{xmlCreator.selectedTrimmings}">
<f:selectItems value="#{si:toSelectTrimmingList(xmlCreator.trimmings)}"/>
</h:selectManyListbox>
</a4j:outputPanel>
<a4j:commandButton id="addTrimButton" immediate="true" value=" + Trimming">
<rich:componentControl for="addTrimming" attachTo="addTrimButton" operation="show" event="onclick"/>
</a4j:commandButton>

If you do it in one form than you should separate it into two: one will be your main form and another will be form inside modal panel. Thus you'll be able to submit modal panel independently of main form and your submit button in modal panel will look like this:
<a4j:commandButton value="OK" action="#{xmlCreator.createTrimming}" reRender="trimsPanel"/>

you should use process with immediate to send modalpanel's data to bean when closing panel with a a:commandButton or a:commandLink.
for this, modal panel data has to be valid as expected, so you will get valid new data and add it to h:selectManyListBox 's bean value and reRender h:selectManyListBox.
this should work. if not please post your a:form and modalPanel code full to check.