TJ, Take a look at the displaytag library (http://www.displaytag.org/index.jsp)
or the Pager Tag library at http://jsptags.com/tags/navigation/pager/index.jsp If you search the archives, you will also find lots of discussions about this topic too. Regards, Richard --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello.. > > I am in need of a struts Best Practice... Here is > a brief description of > the scenario: > > 1. Display a list of items on a page in table > format. Default to show the > first 50 items. This master list of items has 1000+ > entries. These > 'items' are basically just columns from a relational > table. > 2. Provide '>>', '>', '<', '<<' buttons to allow > navigation through the > list. Also provide a html text box to allow changing > of the default 50 > items in the list. > It would look something like this in HTML: > <input type="button" name="beginning" > value="<<" /> > <input type="button" name="prev" value="<" /> > <input type="text" name="numitems" size="3" > maxlength="3" value="50" /> > <input type="button" name="next" value=">" /> > <input type="button" name="end" value=">>" /> > 3. This functionality will be used on many > pages/actions throughout my web > application. > > Questions... > Is it best to handle this logic in the Action > classes? How? > Should I add the functionality to a Base Action > class? > Is DispatchAction useful here? > Is there a good example of this scenario available > anywhere? > Is there a Best practice recommened for this > scenario? > > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
