I'd use <sql:query> in the JSP page, but Model-View-Controller (MVC) purists strongly discourage using the sql tags at all because they more tightly couple the View (JSP page) with the Model (database) which violates the MVC principle of Model-View separation. An MVC designer prefers that a JSP page indirectly access a datasource through Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs) or some other object-relational mapping system. In a basic JSP and EJB model, a JSP page refers to an EJB on an EJB server through a Java Bean or Expression Language (EL) object and the EJB server maps the EJB to a row in a database table. When the JSP page changes the EL object, it changes the EJB, which in turn updates the row in the table.
Derek -----Original Message----- From: Karl Coleman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 11, 2004 4:53 PM To: Tag Libraries Users List Subject: sql tag What is the general consensus on the sql tag? I want to fill a drop down with values from a table in a database. Is it better to use the sql tag in the jsp or do it in the servlet the jsp is called from? Or is in 6 of one, half-dozen of the other? Thanks, Karl --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTICE: This email contains privileged and confidential information and is intended only for the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this transmission by mistake and delete this communication from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secured or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. AVIS: Le présent courriel contient des renseignements de nature privilégiée et confidentielle et n’est destiné qu'à la personne à qui il est adressé. Si vous n’êtes pas le destinataire prévu, vous êtes par les présentes avisés que toute diffusion, distribution ou reproduction de cette communication est strictement interdite. Si vous avez reçu ce courriel par erreur, veuillez en aviser immédiatement l’expéditeur et le supprimer de votre système. Notez que la transmission de courriel ne peut en aucun cas être considéré comme inviolable ou exempt d’erreur puisque les informations qu’il contient pourraient être interceptés, corrompues, perdues, détruites, arrivées en retard ou incomplètes ou contenir un virus. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
