Rishi,
It depends how complicated you application is. If it is pretty complex,
then you should have other beans that access the database instead of writing
the code into the action.
I used a database bean to retrieve information and display it on a JSP.
i.e.
<jsp:useBean id="bob" scope="request" class="org.bob.database"/>
and then,
<bean:write name="bob" property="id" />
to get information out of the bean.
Do a search for 'html : select' on this mailing list and you should see a
few articles on how to do this with the select feature.
Regards,
Princeton
-----Original Message-----
From: Rishi Bhardwaj [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 8:20 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: populating a list box
HI,
i want to populate list box ( using html:select and options tag in
struts) on the first page itself..
where should i write my methods for calling database related issues..
if the answer is that i should write it in action bean then a question
arises that action is only called after the form is submitted...
if anyone has a code for doing this please mail it
thanks
rishi
