The thing is that I'm connecting to a database in the
init() method. And I would like the database url to be
a parameter instead of hard-coded in the servlet.
Is this possible when request parameters doesn't
work in init()? Is there another way around this?
/Robert Karlsson
On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Carlos Olmos wrote:
> Right.... and, as a matter of fact, init() is called only once in the lifetime
> of the servlet... (that is what make servlets more efficient than cgi's)... so
> you can't associate a request and its parameters with the init() method....
>
> carlitos.
>
>
>
> Milt Epstein wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Robert wrote:
> >
> > > I can retrieve the value from the parameter in doGet() but not in
> > > init(). Anyone know why? And what must I do to be able to retrieve
> > > the value in the init() method?
> >
> > I don't believe you can get a parameter in init() (we're talking about
> > request parameters here, not init parameters). init() doesn't have a
> > request object available, as doGet()/doPost() do. And it needs to be
> > that way because it's possible for init() to be called outside the
> > context of a request.
> >
> > > On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Robert wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > How can I retrieve the parameters in a servlet
> > > > that I send in a jsp:
> > > >
> > > > <jsp:forward page="someservlet">
> > > > <jsp:param name="varname" value="sumvalue">
> > > > </jsp:forward>
> > > >
> > > > To my knowledge I'm supposed to use the request
> > > > object with the getParameter("varname") or
> > > > getParameters(). But I can't seem to get it
> > > > working.
> > > > I want to retrive the parameter in the servlets
> > > > init() method.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone having a solution, please?
> > > >
> > > > /Robert Karlsson
> >
> > Milt Epstein
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