<fmt:bundle basename="my.resource.bundle" scope="session"/> Validation error messages from tag library fmt null: Illegal scope attribute without var in "fmt:bundle" tag. According to the spec: An empty <fmt:bundle> action that is specified without the var attribute may be used to set the javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.fmt.basename attribute in the scope given by the scope attribute, thereby making its base name the (new) default for that scope. Georg
Thanks. This was an oversight on my part in the TLV. All fixed.