Until recently, no standard method existed for accessing Java objects from a JSP page without using Java code. In addition, coding tag handler classes wasn’t as simple as it could have been.

There are tag libraries that perform SQL queries, and you even can write Java code directly into a JSP, although I haven't covered it here because it's not necessary with the rich tools provided by ...

You really cleared up my understanding of JSP and Java Servlets. I never new JSP code also got compiled. <BR><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Whoa, dont thank me. I only know about applets and servlets.

Example 2: Displaying a Table with JSP. The HTML code is written as template text. The Java code is encapsulated in constructs known as scriptlets. The mix of languages is at best cryptic and out of ...