Hi William,
I have found the following very useful:
Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages
http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.asp?theisbn=0130893404
Professional Java Server Programming
http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.asp?theisbn=1861002777
JavaServer Pages Syntax Reference
http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/tags/11/tags11.html
Servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSP) 1.0: A Tutorial
http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~hall/java/Servlet-Tutorial/
HTH
jeff --
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Horatio B. Bogbindero wrote:
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#
# could brian could you recommend a good book on java servlets. aside from
# the online documentation which is a hell to read online and a pain to
# print. thanks.
#
# On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Jeff Gutierrez wrote:
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# >
# > Hi Brian,
# >
# > Pretty interesting...
# >
# > But there's a caveat in putting everything in the database.. A few years
# > back, DB companies were evengelizing that the DB should be the repository
# > of all information presented in the web page.. Pretty interesting piece
# > but early adoptors soon learned that doing so required tons of resources
# > from the database, which made then slow as hell. On example of this is
# > Informix' Web DataBlade.
# >
# > This is the very reason why application servers came about.. so there can
# > be separation of presentation generation (JSP, ASP, PHP) from the business
# > logic, and the database.
# >
# > An alternative that I can suggest to Orly is JavaServer Pages (JSP) Custom
# > Tags. JSP custome tags are actually vanilla JavaBeans that are called by
# > the JSP engine whenever encountered. Here's a possible JSP tag lib:
# >
# > <XX_FORM name="pangalan" sqlview="SELECT first_name, last_name">
# > <XX_INPUT type="text" displayname="First Name" sqlfield="first_name"/>
# > <XX_INPUT type="text" displayname="Last Name" sqlfield="last_name"/>
# > </XX_FORM>
# >
# > Following the JSP tab lib API, your XX_FORM, and XX_INPUT JavaBeans can
# > get the data from the DB then from the params, generate the form elements
# > within the bean.
# >
# > HTH
# >
# > jeff --
# >
# > On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
# >
# > #
# > # Orlando Andico writes:
# > # > hello all,
# > # >
# > # > i'm pretty sick of writing html forms (big form, updates or inserts into
# > # > database table). so i've decided to write a dynamic form generator: you
# > # > give it some input (an XML file describing the form [title, colors,
# > # > fonts], DBI connection DSN, input attributes [type, validation rule, LOV
# > # > source if it's multiple choice, etc] etc) and it spits out the HTML if
# > # > there's no input, and processes the input if there is.
# > #
# > # Hehe, I wouldn't even bother with an XML file.
# > #
# > # Since you already have a database at your disposal, why not store the
# > # display and input options (if they're not "default") in database tables?
# > # That way, you don't have to struggle with an XML parser and end users don't
# > # have to write XML. That way the specs for the display (color, font,
# > # visibility, widget placement, etc.) and input options (digits only,
# > # multiple choice options, pick list SELECT DISTINCT somefield FROM
# > # someothertable, etc.) would be available to other client applications
# > # connecting to the database directly (e.g. those that would not have access
# > # to the XML file), and use that information to render the data entry screens
# > # correctly.
# > #
# > # Then you could use the form generator to generate a form to modify the
# > # display options for the form generator. :-)
# > #
# > # > it will be able to process multi-page forms (with Prev, Next buttons) via
# > # > a <Page></Page> tag, and do basic DBI error recovery. I've done a cursory
# > # > search of freshmeat and found nothing that has this functionality.
# > #
# > # You could then extend this by defining a couple of tables to store state
# > # machines describing the logic for your supported transactions, and you'd
# > # have a fully customizable web-based DB application builder.
# > #
# > # > However, I'd like to know if anyone of the list is aware of a similar
# > # > product (Oracle WebDB has a similar philosophy but different
# > # > implementation and is far more general). because i dont want to reinvent
# > # > the wheel.
# > #
# > # I believe there are a couple of commercial products that work as I
# > # described. If I'm not mistaken, that's how Oracle's WebDB works too.
# > # AOLserver 2.3.3 has a quick-and-dirty DB form template that works like
# > # that.
# > #
# > # Then, if you wanted to pad your resume with another industry buzzword, you
# > # could just add options to export the various datamodels into XML DTDs.
# > #
# > # > anyway below is a sample config file that describes a form (dont worry
# > # > there is no code or parser yet, im just writing out the config so i know
# > # > what features i must implement..)
# > #
# > # Just some ideas and abstractions you might want to consider. And, yes, I
# > # have built (and helped others build) quite similar systems before, so it is
# > # a workable model.
# > #
# > # Well, I should stop before I take all the fun out of it for you. The easy
# > # first part should be doable within a day or two if you're using a scripting
# > # language, but the logic really is no different whether you're using Perl or
# > # Java.
# > #
# > # Happy coding! :-)
# > #
# > # Brian
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# > # People weren't purposely being stupid. It just came naturally.
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