<form:form>

[nino]

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

[jawheeler]

I have exactly this question. I tried this:

<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>
...

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.

[jawheeler]

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

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

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