Why don't you use Java Server Pages. In that you invoke your servlet file,
do the necessary database connection, retrieve data from database, populate
the dropdown lists and out put it as a HTML file. This ensures that your
data is always the latest in the selection lists.
I also had a similar situation, but there was some user authorisations to be
made, hence used the "submit" button to invoke the servlet.
To get more info on JSP here are a few sites
http://java.sun.com/products/jsp
http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/
Would like to hear how you were able to accomplish it.
Regards and Happy Java Computing
Sivakumar S
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Subject: Starting a servlet when a web page loads
Hi,
Is there any way to make a servlet run as soon as a web page loads?
I have a search page where the user may select items from a number of drop
down lists. The list items are generated from a database query. The only
way I can see this working at the moment is if the user goes to the search
page and then has to click on a "START" button. The servlet then runs,
generates the lists and outputs a form into which the user may enter their
search criteria. But this not be an ideal interface for the user.
I would like the servlet to be invoked automatically, when the page is
loaded. Is this possible?
Alison Lindores
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