Yes, if every datasource in the universe is a set of tables in which the schema never changes ;-)
-----Original Message----- From: David Geary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 1:11 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List 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]
