Thanks for the reply. You cay I will most likley not want to serve the images from the database, where do you suggest I serve them from? In my case I am not using Apache, so I cannot serve them with Apache.
Cheers Tony > I'd recommend a custom tag for URL's that get pulled from the DB for a > couple of reasons - it probably won't be long before you'll want to offload > them from serving directly from the DB, so the URL could switch, scriptlets > are *bad* (in a Struts environment). You'll want to direct the URL to a > servlet that reads it from the DB and serves up the proper MIME type. > > We did this in my last extensive Struts endeavor and made the URL's part of > a properties file so that for development purposes they could serve straight > from a DB accessing servlet, and in a production environment the URL's > generated were being served directly from Apache and the images got > automatically pulled to static files from the DB when they did not exist in > the "cache". > > Erik > > p.s. And no, you can't nest taglibs like that. :) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sean Owen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 3:35 AM > Subject: Re: dynamic images > > > >>I think you will need to do this: >> >><html:img src="<%=card.getImageLink()%>" ... >> >>As far as I know you can't nest tags like this. If someone has a better >> > way > >>I'd like to see it! >> >>Sean >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Henrick Chua" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "Struts Users Mailing List (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 6:58 PM >>Subject: dynamic images >> >> >> >>>Hi! >>> >>>how can I display images whose source URL comes from the database? and >>> > how > >>>can I display it's corresponding alt property? >>> >>>I keep getting an error message on this code: >>> >>><html:img src="<bean:write name="card" property="imageLink">" >>> >>width="168.5" >> >>>height="88" border="1" align="texttop" alt ="bean:write name="card" >>>property="imageDescription" /> >>> >>>thanx. >>> >>>h -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
