The tag works like a Java switch statement. With this, you can choose between a number of alternatives. Where the switch statement has the case statements, the tag has the tags. In a similar way, a switch statement has the default clause to specify a default action and the tag has the tag as the default clause.AttributeThe tag does not have any attribute.The tag has one attributes which is listed below.The tag does not have any attribute.The tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultselectCondition to evaluateYesNoneExample         ... Read More

Whenever a JDBC application encounters an issue while executing SQL statements an SQLException is thrown.This class provides information on the errors that occur while interacting with the database.Following are the main methods of the SQLException class:Sr.NoMethod & Description1int getErrorCode()This method returns the exception code for the Exception occurred.2SQLException setNextException(SQLException ex)Using this method you can create a chain of exceptions by adding a new exception to the current exception.3String getSQLState()This method returns the SQLState of the current exception.4Iterator iterator()This method returns an iterator to iterate through the chain of SQLExceptions.5void getNextException(SQLException ex)This method is used to retrieve next SQLException in this ... Read More

The tag is used to loop over nodes in an XML document.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultselectThe XPath expression to be evaluatedYesNonevarName of the variable to store the current item for each loopNoNonebeginThe start index for the iterationNoNoneendThe end index for the iterationNoNonestepThe size of the index increment while iterating over the collectionNoNonevarStatusThe name of the variable in which the status of the iteration is storedNoNoneExampleThe following example shows the use of the tag −           JSTL x:if Tags               Books Info:     ... Read More

The tag evaluates a test XPath expression and if it is true, it processes its body. If the test condition is false, the body is ignored.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultselectThe XPath expression to be evaluatedYesNonevarName of the variable to store the condition's resultNoNonescopeScope of the variable specified in the var attributeNoPageExampleFollowing is an example that show the use of the tag −           JSTL x:if Tags               Books Info:                           ... Read More

A RowId is a built-in type of SQL which is an address of a row in a table of a database. The RowId interface of the java.sql package maps with the SQL ROWID value.RowId values are unique for every row and they are the fastest way to access a row. You cannot use this as a primary key of a table.Retrieving RowId objectsYou can retrieve the RowId of a particular row using the getRowId() method of the ResultSet, CallableStatement, PreparedStatement interfaces.This method accepts a String value representing a column label or, an integer value representing the column index and returns ... Read More

The tag sets a variable to the value of an XPath expression.If the XPath expression results in a boolean, tag sets a java.lang.Boolean object; for a string, java.lang.String; and for a number, java.lang.Number.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultvarA variable that is set to the value of the XPath expressionYesBodyselectThe XPath expression to be evaluatedNoNonescopeScope of the variable specified in the var attributeNoPageExampleFollowing example will show how to use the tag −           JSTL Tags               Books Info:           ... Read More

To process an SQL statement, you need to follow the steps given below:Establish the connection.Create a statement.Execute the statement/query.Process the result.Close the connection.Establishing a ConnectionTo process SQL statements first of all you need to establish connection with the desired DBMS or, file System or, other data sources.To do so, Register the JDBC driver class, corresponding to the DataSource you need to the DriverManager using the registerDriver() method.Driver myDriver = new com.mysql.jdbc.Driver(); DriverManager.registerDriver(myDriver);This method accepts an object of the Driver class; it registers the specified Driver with the DriverManager.You can also register the driver using the forName() method. This method loads ... Read More

The tag displays the result of an XPath expression. It functions the same as JSP syntax.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultselectXPath expression to evaluate as a string, often using XPath variablesYesNoneescapeXmlTrue if the tag should escape special XML charactersNotrueExampleLet us take an example which will cover the tags (a) , (b) .           JSTL x:out Tags               Books Info:                                                 ... Read More

The tag is used to parse the XML data specified either via an attribute or in the tag body.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultvarA variable that contains the parsed XML dataNoNonexmlText of the document to parse (String or Reader)NoBodysystemIdThe system identifier URI for parsing the documentNoNonefilterThe filter to be applied to the source documentNoNonedocXML document to be parsedNoPagescopeScope of the variable specified in the var attributeNoPagevarDomA variable that contains the parsed XML dataNoPagescopeDomScope of the variable specified in the varDom attributeNoPageExampleThe following example shows how parse can be used to read the external XML file −We have ... Read More

The JSTL XML tags provide a JSP-centric way of creating and manipulating the XML documents. Following is the syntax to include the JSTL XML library in your JSP.The JSTL XML tag library has custom tags for interacting with the XML data. This includes parsing the XML, transforming the XML data, and the flow control based on the XPath expressions.Before you proceed with the examples, you will need to copy the following two XML and XPath related libraries into your \lib −XercesImpl.jar − Download it from https://www.apache.org/dist/xerces/j/xalan.jar − Download it from https://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/index.htmlRead More