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-- James Mitchell Software Developer/Struts Evangelist http://www.struts-atlanta.org 678-910-8017 AIM:jmitchtx ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Geary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 3:11 PM Subject: Re: Using JSTL tags instead of Struts tags > On Thursday, Jul 10, 2003, at 12:34 America/Denver, Yuan, Saul (TOR-ML) > wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> I started using JSTL but found that it encouraged site builders to > >>> start embedding logic in JSP's. > >> > >> I'd sure be interested in some examples of this. JSTL doesn't really > >> provide anything more than what you could do yourself with scriptlets > > and > >> runtime expressions -- indeed, it's a lot LESS than what you could do > > with > >> those things, in addition to doing it much more succinctly. > > > > JSTL does have a few tags that deal with the backend, say the query > > tag: > > <sql:query ..., with this you can pull data directly in a Jsp page > > without going through a controller layer. But this doesn't necessarily > > mean JSTL encourage you to do it this way. > > JSTL's SQL tags are unfairly maligned, IMO. If you stay away from > <sql:update> and <sql:transaction>, which clearly break MVC protocol*, > your views can pull data from the model and display it (which is what > views are supposed to do) with <sql:query> and the param tags. > > > david > > *because the views are modifying the model (database) > > > > > Saul > > > >> > >> I guess you could say my viewpoint on this is exactly the opposite. > >> > >> Craig > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
