>>is this possible/smart in JSTL
May be possible but not smart.
Should be returned by the database & just displayed by JSTL.
You need a crosstab query. Which database are you using?
Quoting Helios Alonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> I think he wants a table like this:
>>
>> + John (in red)
>> + Mark (in blue)
>> + Nic (in green)
>> + Helios (in red)
>> + David (in blue)
>> ....
>>
>> If you have an array of 3 colors named colors (I dont know but, maybe the
>> set tag can build a mapping that works like an array...)
>>
>> Try this:
>> <!-- initialization -->
>> <c:set var="colorIndex" value="0"/>
>> <!-- loop -->
>> <tr>
>> <td bgcolor="${colors[colorIndex++%3]}" >
>>
>> In the expression you're coding the round robin (increment and modulus 3)
>> and the selection of the color based on the index.
>>
>> But, I didn't try it. I hope the modulus is a valid construction in EL.
>>
>> At 11:05 04/08/2004 +0200, you wrote:
>> >I'm not exactly sure what you mean with "rotate"?!
>> >
>> >Do you just have a collection that you want to iterate - with each each
>> >entry corresponding to a "row" in the table? Or shall every row display a
>> >different "column" of your table? It's hard to understand from your
>> examples..
>> >
>> >For displaying tabular data, you should check out the displaytag-library:
>> >http://displaytag.sourceforge.net/ - it has nothing to with jstl, but
>> >gives you everything you will likely ever need for displaying tables...
>> >
>> >cheers
>> >stf
>> >
>> >Nic Werner wrote:
>> >>Greetings,
>> >> I have a table of data that I'd basically like to rotate, is this
>> >>possible/smart in JSTL?
>> >>Basically, I have an attribute with three colors, each one is a
>> >>different row in a table.
>> >>001 Blue data
>> >>001 Green data
>> >>002 Purple data
>> >>I want to have one row:001 | Blue Data | Green Data | Purple Data.
>> >>Any suggestions? Please help by pointing me elsewhere if you can....
>> >>- Nic
>> >>
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