How to fetch the dropdown values from database and display in jsp

Question

I have two dropdowns in jsp and have to get dropdown list from database and show it in jsp. I am using jsp for the first time . Can you give me an idea to fetch the dropdown

Answer 1

I made this in my code to do that

note: I am a beginner.

It is my jsp code.

<%
java.sql.Connection Conn = DBconnector.SetDBConnection(); /* make connector as you make in your code */
Statement st = null;
ResultSet rs = null;
st = Conn.createStatement();
rs = st.executeQuery("select * from department"); %>
<tr> 
    <td> 
        Student Major  : <select name ="Major">
        <%while(rs.next()){ %>
        <option value="<%=rs.getString(1)%>"><%=rs.getString(1)%></option>
                        <%}%>           
                         </select> 
   </td> 

Answer 2

You can learn some tutorials for JSP page direct access database (mysql) here

Notes:

• import sql tag library in jsp page

  <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql" prefix="sql"%>

• then set datasource on page

  <sql:setDataSource var="ds" driver="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" url="jdbc:mysql://<yourhost>/<yourdb>" user="<user>" password="<password>"/>
  

• Now query what you want on page

  <sql:query dataSource="${ds}" var="result"> //ref  defined 'ds'
      SELECT * from <your-table>;
  </sql:query>
  

• Finally you can populate dropdowns on page using c:forEach tag to iterate result rows in select element

  <c:forEach var="row" items="${result.rows}"> //ref set var 'result' <option value='<c:out value="${row.key}"/>'><c:out value="${row.value}"/</option> </c:forEach>

Answer 3

1. Make the database connection and retrieve the query result.
2. Traverse through the result and display the query results.

The example code below demonstrates this in detail.

<%@page import="java.sql.*, java.io.*,listresult"%> //import the required library

<%

String label = request.getParameter("label"); // retrieving a variable from a previous page

Connection dbc = null; //Make connection to the database
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
dbc = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/works", "root", "root");
if (dbc != null) 
{
    System.out.println("Connection successful");
}

ResultSet rs = listresult.dbresult.func(dbc, label); //This function is in the end. The function is defined in another package- listresult

%>

<form name="demo form" method="post">

    <table>
        <tr>
            <td>
                Label Name:
            </td>

            <td>
                <input type="text" name="label" value="<%=rs.getString("labelname")%>">
            </td>

            <td>
                <select name="label">
                <option value="">SELECT</option>

                <% while (rs.next()) {%>

                    <option value="<%=rs.getString("lname")%>"><%=rs.getString("lname")%>
                    </option>

                <%}%>
                </select>
            </td>
        </tr>
    </table>

</form>

//The function:

public static ResultSet func(Connection dbc, String x)
{
    ResultSet rs = null;
    String sql;
    PreparedStatement pst;
    try
    {
        sql = "select lname from demo where label like '" + x + "'";
        pst = dbc.prepareStatement(sql);
        rs = pst.executeQuery();
    } 
    catch (Exception e) 
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
        String sqlMessage = e.getMessage();
    }
    return rs;
}

I have tried to make this example as detailed as possible. Do ask if you have any queries.

Answer 4

how to fetch the dropdown values from database and display in jsp:

Dynamically Fetch data from Mysql to (drop down) select option in Jsp. This post illustrates, to fetch the data from the mysql database and display in select option element in Jsp. You should know the following post before going through this post i.e :

How to Connect Mysql database to jsp.

How to create database in MySql and insert data into database. Following database is used, to illustrate ‘Dynamically Fetch data from Mysql to (drop down)

select option in Jsp’ :

id  City
1   London
2   Bangalore
3   Mumbai
4   Paris

Following codes are used to insert the data in the MySql database. Database used is “City” and username = “root” and password is also set as “root”.

Create Database city;
Use city;

---

Create table new(id int(4), city varchar(30));

---

insert into new values(1, 'LONDON');
insert into new values(2, 'MUMBAI');
insert into new values(3, 'PARIS');
insert into new values(4, 'BANGLORE');

Here is the code to Dynamically Fetch data from Mysql to (drop down) select option in Jsp:

<%@ page import="java.sql.*" %>
<%ResultSet resultset =null;%>

<HTML>
<HEAD>
    <TITLE>Select element drop down box</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY BGCOLOR=##f89ggh>

<%
    try{
//Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
Connection connection = 
         DriverManager.getConnection
            ("jdbc:mysql://localhost/city?user=root&password=root");

       Statement statement = connection.createStatement() ;

       resultset =statement.executeQuery("select * from new") ;
%>

<center>
    <h1> Drop down box or select element</h1>
        <select>
        <%  while(resultset.next()){ %>
            <option><%= resultset.getString(2)%></option>
        <% } %>
        </select>
</center>

<%
//**Should I input the codes here?**
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
             out.println("wrong entry"+e);
        }
%>

</BODY>
</HTML>