how to get value in combo for updation?
Answer / raj
1. DataServlet.java
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.sql.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class DataServlet extends HttpServlet{
private ServletConfig config;
//Setting JSP page
String page="selectbox.jsp";
public void init(ServletConfig config)
throws ServletException{
this.config=config;
}
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
//Establish connection to MySQL database
String connectionURL =
"jdbc:mysql://192.168.10.59/messagepaging";
Connection connection=null;
ResultSet rs;
response.setContentType("text/html");
List dataList=new ArrayList();
try {
// Load the database driver
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
// Get a Connection to the database
connection =
DriverManager.getConnection(connectionURL, "root", "root");
//Select the data from the database
String sql = "select message from message";
Statement s = connection.createStatement();
s.executeQuery (sql);
rs = s.getResultSet();
while (rs.next ()){
//Add records into data list
dataList.add(rs.getString("message"));
}
rs.close ();
s.close ();
}catch(Exception e){
System.out.println("Exception is ;"+e);
}
request.setAttribute("data",dataList);
//Disptching request
RequestDispatcher dispatcher =
request.getRequestDispatcher(page);
if (dispatcher != null){
dispatcher.forward(request, response);
}
}
}
JSP page "selectbox.jsp" is getting data in following way
<% List data= (List) request.getAttribute("data");
Full code of JSP page is given as below:
2. selectbox.jsp
<%@ page language="java" import="java.util.*"%>
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function change()
{
var answer = document.getElementById('selc').value;
document.getElementById('textvalue').value=answer;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Use of Select Box in JSP</h1>
<table border="1" width="41%" height="53" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="3"
bgcolor="#000080"
bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF">
<tr>
<td width="100%" height="18" colspan="2"><b>
<font color="#FF00FF">Select items from select
box</font></b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="17%" height="23">
<select name="ActionSelect" onChange="change()" id="selc" >
<%Iterator itr;%>
<% List data= (List)request.getAttribute("data");
for (itr=data.iterator(); itr.hasNext(); )
{
String value=(String)itr.next();
%>
<option value=<%=value%>><%=value%></option>
<%}%>
</select>
</td>
<td width="83%" height="23"><input type="text" id="textvalue" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
For servlet to run and execute we have to do servlet entry
into "web.xml"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<web-app>
<display-name>Welcome to Tomcat</display-name>
<description>Welcome to Tomcat</description>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>DataServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>DataServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>DataServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/DataServlet</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
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