JSTL SQL <sql:query> Tag
The <sql:query> tag executes an SQL SELECT statement and saves the result in a scoped variable.
Attribute:
The <sql:query> tag has following attributes:
Attribute | Description | Required | Default |
sql | SQL command to execute (should return a ResultSet) | No | Body |
dataSource | Database connection to use (overrides the default) | No | Default database |
maxRows | Maximum number of results to store in the variable | No | Unlimited |
startRow | Number of the row in the result at which to start recording | No | 0 |
var | Name of the variable to represent the database | No | Set default |
scope | Scope of variable to expose the result from the database | No | Page |
Example:
To start with basic concept, let us create a simple table Employees table in TEST database and create few records in that table as follows:
Step 1:
Open a Command Prompt and change to the installation directory as follows:
C:\>
C:\>cd Program Files\MySQL\bin
C:\Program Files\MySQL\bin>
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Step 2:
Login to database as follows
C:\Program Files\MySQL\bin>mysql -u root -p
Enter password: ********
mysql>
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Step 3:
Create the table Employee in TEST database as follows:
mysql> use TEST;
mysql> create table Employees
(
id int not null,
age int not null,
first varchar (255),
last varchar (255)
);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.08 sec)
mysql>
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Create Data Records
Finally you create few records in Employee table as follows:
mysql> INSERT INTO Employees VALUES (100, 18, 'Zara', 'Ali');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.05 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO Employees VALUES (101, 25, 'Mahnaz', 'Fatma');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO Employees VALUES (102, 30, 'Zaid', 'Khan');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO Employees VALUES (103, 28, 'Sumit', 'Mittal');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
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Now let us write a JSP which will make use of <sql:query> to execute a SQL SELECT statement as follows:
<%@ page import="java.io.*,java.util.*,java.sql.*"%>
<%@ page import="javax.servlet.http.*,javax.servlet.*" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c"%>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql" prefix="sql"%>
<html>
<head>
<title>JSTL sql:query Tag</title>
</head>
<body>
<sql:setDataSource var="snapshot" driver="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
url="jdbc:mysql://localhost/TEST"
user="root" password="pass123"/>
<sql:query dataSource="${snapshot}" var="result">
SELECT * from Employees;
</sql:query>
<table border="1" width="100%">
<tr>
<th>Emp ID</th>
<th>First Name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Age</th>
</tr>
<c:forEach var="row" items="${result.rows}">
<tr>
<td><c:out value="${row.id}"/></td>
<td><c:out value="${row.first}"/></td>
<td><c:out value="${row.last}"/></td>
<td><c:out value="${row.age}"/></td>
</tr>
</c:forEach>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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Now try to access above JSP, which should display the following result:
Emp ID |
First Name |
Last Name |
Age |
100 |
Zara |
Ali |
18 |
101 |
Mahnaz |
Fatma |
25 |
102 |
Zaid |
Khan |
30 |
103 |
Sumit |
Mittal |
28 |
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