<form:form>

Can we get the error count inside this tag? or a sign if there is an error besides the error message itself? Thanks.

I have exactly this question. I tried this:

Code:

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<form:form commandName="myCommand">
        <spring:bind path="myCommand">
                <c:if test="${status.error}">
                        One or more fields in your submission contained errors.
                </c:if>
        </spring:bind>
...

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Despite the fact that there were error codes coming in of the form *.myCommand.* that were picked up fine by the <form:errors> tag, my general message didn't display.

Obviously, using <form:errors path="*"> isn't good because I don't want a list of field errors, I just want a general message.

Ah, I just figured this out by looking at a different thread. This is one thing you can do:

Code:

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<form:errors path="*">
  Your general error message.
</form:errors>

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This will only display "Your general error message." and won't display the field errors.