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Both JSP and PHP are two popular technologies that serve to create dynamic web pages. Both are similar in the ways that they allow developers to embed code within an HTML document that can interact with databases, sessions, cookies, and other web features. However, they also have some significant differences that may affect the choice of which one to use for a web project. In this article, we will try to find the difference between JSP and PHP in terms of their syntax, performance, scalability, security, and compatibility. JSP vs PHP JSP It is an acronym that stands for Java ... Read More

JSP and ASP are both server-side scripting languages. JSP is Java based and is developed by Sun Microsystems, whereas ASP is developed by Microsoft and is also referred as Classic ASP. Whenever a browser requests a JSP or ASP page, the server engine reads the file, executes the code in file and returns the HTML output to the browser.JSP is compiled, whereas ASP is interpreted. ASP.NET is a .NET based variant of ASP where the codes are compiled to improve the performance.What is ASP?ASP is a server-side scripting engine, which means the code that is written gets sent to the ... Read More

Both Servlets and JSP are used in web development. The Servlets handle the logic (processing our requests and interacting with databases), and JSPs handle the presentation (displaying dynamic content on the web page). By separating the logic and presentation, our web applications become more manageable and scalable. In brief, we can think of Servlets as Java programs that run on a web server. They work as the middle layer between a request from an HTTP client (like a browser) and databases or applications on the server. When we send a request to a server, the Servlet processes that request, and ... Read More

The tag works like a Java switch statement. With this, you can choose between a number of alternatives. Where the switch statement has the case statements, the tag has the tags. In a similar way, a switch statement has the default clause to specify a default action and the tag has the tag as the default clause.AttributeThe tag does not have any attribute.The tag has one attributes which is listed below.The tag does not have any attribute.The tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultselectCondition to evaluateYesNoneExample         ... Read More

The tag evaluates a test XPath expression and if it is true, it processes its body. If the test condition is false, the body is ignored.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultselectThe XPath expression to be evaluatedYesNonevarName of the variable to store the condition's resultNoNonescopeScope of the variable specified in the var attributeNoPageExampleFollowing is an example that show the use of the tag −           JSTL x:if Tags               Books Info:                           ... Read More

The JSTL XML tags provide a JSP-centric way of creating and manipulating the XML documents. Following is the syntax to include the JSTL XML library in your JSP.The JSTL XML tag library has custom tags for interacting with the XML data. This includes parsing the XML, transforming the XML data, and the flow control based on the XPath expressions.Before you proceed with the examples, you will need to copy the following two XML and XPath related libraries into your \lib −XercesImpl.jar − Download it from https://www.apache.org/dist/xerces/j/xalan.jar − Download it from https://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/index.htmlRead More

The tag is used to group the and tags into transactions. You can put as many and tags as statements inside the tag to create a single transaction.It ensures that the database modifications performed by the nested actions are either committed or rolled back if an exception is thrown by any nested action.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultdataSourceDatabase connection to use (overrides the default)NoDefault databaseisolationTransaction isolation (READ_COMMITTED, READ_UNCOMMITTED, REPEATABLE_READ, or SERIALIZABLE)NoDatabase’s defaultExampleTo start with the basic concept, let us create a Students table in the TEST database and create a few records ... Read More

The tag executes an SQL statement that does not return data; for example, SQL INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statements.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultsqlSQL command to execute (should not return a ResultSet)NoBodydataSourceDatabase connection to use (overrides the default)NoDefault databasevarName of the variable to store the count of affected rowsNoNonescopeScope of the variable to store the count of affected rowsNoPageExampleTo start with basic concept, let us create a simple table Employees table in the TEST database and create few records in that table as follows −Step 1Open a Command Prompt and change to the installation directory as follows ... Read More

The JSTL SQL tag library provides tags for interacting with relational databases (RDBMSs) such as Oracle, MySQL, or Microsoft SQL Server.Following is the syntax to include JSTL SQL library in your JSP −Following table lists out the SQL JSTL Tags −S.No.Tag & Description1Creates a simple DataSource suitable only for prototyping2Executes the SQL query defined in its body or through the sql attribute.3Executes the SQL update defined in its body or through the sql attribute.4Sets a parameter in an SQL statement to the specified value.5Sets a parameter in an SQL statement to the specified java.util.Date value.6Provides nested database action elements with ... Read More

The tag is used to store the given locale in the locale configuration variable.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultValueSpecifies a two-part code that represents the ISO-639 language code and an ISO-3166 country code.Yesen_USvariantBrowser-specific variantNoNonescopeScope of the locale configuration variableNoPageExampleResource bundles contain locale-specific objects. Resource bundles contain key/value pairs. When your program needs a locale-specific resource, you keep all the keys common to all the locale but you can have translated values specific to locale. Resource bundles helps in providing content specific to locale.A Java resource bundle file contains a series of key-to-string mappings. The method that we ... Read More