Christian Haul wrote: >On 24.Aug.2002 -- 09:01 AM, Ivelin Ivanov wrote: > > >>I am not very familiar with the modular db actions, >>but from what I understand, you would be able to specify the name >>of the session attribute where the modular db actions would read/write. You >>can point the XMLForm model to the same bean. >> >> >> >>>I want to use XMLForm and the Modular Database actions together. I have >>>looked for information and can't find out if this can be done or not. >>> >>>Can it be done? >>> >>>If so, how would I go about populating the java bean with information >>>from the database? >>> >>> > >Unfortunately, I haven't gotten up to speed with XMLForm, so I >cannot give full advice. Anyway, the point with the mod-db actions >is, that you can read / write data from / to arbitrary sources, as >long as you have a class that does it and conforms to the InputModule >/ OutputModule interfaces. > >So, if you know how to locate your bean instance, it would be trivial >to write such a class. Supplied are currently only classes that write >to session attributes or request attributes. > >Data can be read from a lot more sources, even complicated setups >like reding an entry of a java.util.Map stored in a request attribute >together with a default value are possible. You can chain those >InputModules that carry the "meta" part in their name for a great >flexibility. > >I assume that this is going to be requested more frequently, so it >would be nice if you could keep us updated. > > Chris. > > I would like to use mod-db to retrieve info from a database, but the mod-db example uses esql. Can I use DatabaseQueryAction to do this, and if so, how?
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