JSTL - SQL <sql:update> Tag

The <sql:update> tag executes an SQL statement that does not return data; for example, SQL INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statements.
The <sql:update> tag has the following attributes −
To 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 −
Open a Command Prompt and change to the installation directory as follows −
C:\>
C:\>cd Program Files\MySQL\bin
C:\Program Files\MySQL\bin>

Login to the database as follows −
C:\Program Files\MySQL\bin>mysql -u root -p
Enter password: ********
mysql>

Create the table Employee in the TEST database as follows −
mysql> use TEST;
mysql> create table Employees
   (
      id int not null,
      age int not null,
      first varchar (255),
      last varchar (255)
   );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.08 sec)
mysql>

We will now create few records in the Employee table as follows −
mysql> INSERT INTO Employees VALUES (100, 18, 'Zara', 'Ali');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.05 sec)
 
mysql> INSERT INTO Employees VALUES (101, 25, 'Mahnaz', 'Fatma');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
 
mysql> INSERT INTO Employees VALUES (102, 30, 'Zaid', 'Khan');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
 
mysql> INSERT INTO Employees VALUES (103, 28, 'Sumit', 'Mittal');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
 
mysql>

Let us now write a JSP which will make use of the <sql:update> tag to execute an SQL INSERT statement to create one record in the table as follows −
<%@ page import = "java.io.*,java.util.*,java.sql.*"%>
<%@ page import = "javax.servlet.http.*,javax.servlet.*" %>
<%@ taglib uri = "http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix = "c"%>
<%@ taglib uri = "http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql" prefix = "sql"%>

<html>
   <head>
      <title>JSTL sql:update Tag</title>
   </head>

   <body>
      <sql:setDataSource var = "snapshot" driver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
         url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/TEST"
         user = "root"  password = "pass123"/>

      <sql:update dataSource = "${snapshot}" var = "count">
         INSERT INTO Employees VALUES (104, 2, 'Nuha', 'Ali');
      </sql:update>

      <sql:query dataSource = "${snapshot}" var = "result">
         SELECT * from Employees;
      </sql:query>
 
      <table border = "1" width = "100%">
         <tr>
            <th>Emp ID</th>
            <th>First Name</th>
            <th>Last Name</th>
            <th>Age</th>
         </tr>
         
         <c:forEach var = "row" items = "${result.rows}">
            <tr>
               <td> <c:out value = "${row.id}"/></td>
               <td> <c:out value = "${row.first}"/></td>
               <td> <c:out value = "${row.last}"/></td>
               <td> <c:out value = "${row.age}"/></td>
            </tr>
         </c:forEach>
      </table>

   </body>
</html>
Access the above JSP, the following result will be displayed −
+-------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
|    Emp ID   |    First Name  |     Last Name   |       Age       |
+-------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
|     100     |    Zara        |     Ali         |       18        |
|     101     |    Mahnaz      |     Fatma       |       25        |
|     102     |    Zaid        |     Khan        |       30        |
|     103     |    Sumit       |     Mittal      |       28        |
|     104     |    Nula        |     Ali         |       2         |
+-------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+

Similar way, you can try SQL UPDATE and DELETE statements on the same table.

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