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1. Trying to understand why h:commandLink submits through validation and a4j:commandLink doesn't    stackoverflow.com

First of all, i'm using Jsf 1.2... I have a problem with submitting some values in a form to validation. Specifically this code segement:

<h:panelGrid columns="4" id="StatusPanel">
    <h:outputText value="#{msg.Phone_number_to_send_SMS_to}" />
  ...