1. Provide a query screen 2. Load the collection of your custom bean based on search criteria screen (1) 3. Forward the collection bean (thru session object) to Display tag to allow user to page thru (http://edhill.its.uiowa.edu/display-0.8/) 4. The display tage also have option to export the result into csv or excel spreadsheet
5. Watchout for large result set, seen it can take lots of memory. Your custom bean must provide get/set methods properties Hope this help ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sterin, Ilya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 8:22 AM Subject: Database generated Reports with Struts Taglibs > Hi, I'd like an opinion on generating database reports with struts, though > using an Action class or a custom bean to generate it, then be forwarded to > the presentation layer. > > I didn't see any examples in the Struts in Action book, so I was wondering > on the best practice. > > Also, my problem is, that I don't want to necessarily have a getter method > return a Collection, by fetching all records in memory, I'd like for each > iteration, or the call to getXXX method, for it to fetch another record. > > Basically, if someone has done anything similar, generated large database > reports using the strtus framework, I'd like some direction. > > Thanks a bunch in advance. > > Ilya > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
