I think you should download the source code from CVS and compile it. I attached my build.xml file to compile it (it won't work on your machine) and you also need to download these libraries:
commons-beanutils.jar httpunit.jar junit.jar struts.jar commons-collections-3.1.jar itext-1.3.jar servlet-api.jar webwork-2.1.7.jar commons-lang-2.1.jar jsp-api.jar spring.jar xwork-1.0.5.jar commons-logging.jar jstl.jar standard.jar >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/27/2005 11:11:14 AM >>> I get an exception: Exception: [.ELTableTag] Invalid value for attribute "sort" value="external" ERROR InsertTag - ServletException in '/bugs/userTrackerItems.jsp': Invalid value for attribute "sort" value="external" javax.servlet.ServletException: Invalid value for attribute "sort" value="external" >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:displaytag-user- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thai Dang Vu >Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 2:45 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [displaytag-user] Large data set treatment by the database > >Your problems were solved with display tag already. Could you search in the >archive for "external sort" or "partial list"? If you find nothing, I'll >tell you what I did. > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/26/2005 2:57:21 AM >>> >I'm facing the same problem, cos my data runs across pages, there is a nice >javascript available, but I'm looking at the feasibility of clubbing them >together for optimal use... > >http://www.activewidgets.com/grid/ > >Check this might be of use. > >Regards >Varun Mehta >Phone: (020) 3023 4656 >Websites: >* http://varun.cjb.net [HTML] >* http://varuninfo.cjb.net [Blogged] >* http://varunmehta.cjb.net [Flash] > >*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* >imagination is more important than knowledge - albert einstein >*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicolas >Clemeur >Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 12:14 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [displaytag-user] Large data set treatment by the database > >Hello everyone, > >I have just discovered the displaytag library and it looks really good. I >am >investigating how I can use it in my current projects and I came across >some >questions. I have tried to look in the archive but, could not really find >any answers. Sorry if this information is availabel somewhere else. > >The data I am displaying are coming from a database and can contain a large >number of rows. So we are not retrieving all the rows every time a page a >is >displayed which would be too expensive for the web server. We are >retrieving >rows 1 to 20 for page 1, 21 to 40 for page 2, etc... > >This approach looks unfortunatelly incompatible with the sorting/paging >functionnality of displaytag. The only way I can see to solve this problem >is to have more flexibility in the way the sorting/paging are working. > >For example, it would be nice to be able to specify in the <display:table> >attributes the name of a parameter that would containt the page number that >should be retrieved from the database (I think this is probably already >feasible by customising the links that are created for the navigation). No, >the only piece missing here, is that the application should be abble >provide >to the tag the total number of rows that is in this dataset so that >displaytag can build the navigation links. I don't think that this is >possible currently? > >What about something like a PageNavigationDecorator that would extend the >default implementation. > >For sorting, I have the same problem. Since I am not retrieving all the >rows, I need to do the sorting in the database it-self (which is much more >efficient anyway), so again, it would be nice to be abble to specify the >name of parameters where the webapp should look at for the column to sort >as >well as the order to sort. > >Maybe the easiest and more flexible way to achieve this is to have the >possibility to define the <th> with an additional tag <table:header> nested >inside <table:column> so that we can completely customise the <th> tag if >necessary. > >In the same way, it would be nice if we could add javascript event handler >to the headers or cells separately... > >Cheers > >Nicolas > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >SF.Net email is sponsored by: >Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. >Download >it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own >Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php >_______________________________________________ >displaytag-user mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/displaytag-user > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >SF.Net email is sponsored by: >Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. >Download >it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own >Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php >_______________________________________________ >displaytag-user mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/displaytag-user > > >------------------------------------------------------- >SF.Net email is sponsored by: >Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. >Download >it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own >Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php >_______________________________________________ >displaytag-user mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/displaytag-user ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ displaytag-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/displaytag-user ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ displaytag-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/displaytag-user
