Oops...I think I sent it to the developer list. Sorry. Lionel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lionel Siau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 9:47 AM Subject: New Portlets for Jetspeed : LatestNews and UpdateNews. > Dear All, > > I would like some advice since I'm 1/4 way thru building two new addition > portlets which I'm donating back to jetspeed. Bascially, they are a > LatestNews portlet that will update pple what has been going on and a > corresponding UpdateNews portlet to allow u to update the news. > > The backend is a database (MySQL at the moment but will be HSQL later). The > LatestNews portlet extends AbstractPortlet and overrides the getContent() > method. The thing is that I can't figure out is how should the DB call be > processed. There are 2 alternatives. Firstly, have the DB calls done in > getContent() and iterate the results onto the screen. This i have already > done but I suspect is incorrect. THe second alternative I believe is to use > the Turbine engine to handle the database call. But after going thru lots of > source files related to the login process which I took as an example, I get > stumped. There is some sort of database ervice going on but I can't get at > it. > > Can someone more experienced point me in the right direction? > > > > Lionel > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
