Can you please make clear the difference for me?

Thanks again.
I was wondering... is

request.setAttribute("x","");

the same as

HttpSession session = request.getSession(true);
session.setAttribute("x","");

Hello, I want to know if it is possible to do that, and how if yes.
I tried doing something like this

...
<%!
public static Object selectobject;
%>
<select name"xxx" onChange="<%...

Please tell me something about sessions so i can know what to look for. Or give me a link to a tutorial,or smthing...
And what do you suggest me to do with the database? Is it storing the count in...

Hello, i want to print on my website how many people are viewing it. I thought doing it with cookies:
1. Give the guest a guest cookie. Increase a static variable "guest".
2. If he registers, give...

Hello CodeBoy101,
1. I don't think this code compiles because i don't see where you declared a "out" object for the following code.

catch(Exception ex){
out.println("error :"+ex);
}

2. This...

harshit99, i'm sorry, i wasn't able to understand what was your question. Please be more coherent in thoughts and words.

Thanks!
I do the following in my jsp page :
String path= request.getParameter("path");
but it returns null. The parameters that where given to the servlet are still there in jsp, but not so for...

Let's say you retrieved some books' name/title from the database and you want to print their name/title on the page, and still be a link.
You'll have to write something like this:

<a...

Thank you adatapost, but it's still not clear for me how to exactly do it, for i have tried the following :


public class ComputeSearch extends HttpServlet {
private static final long...

What do you mean you store your password in the servlet? Is it a field of the class or directly typed in the source code?

If so then maybe your not doing it the way it meant to be...
Use a doPost...

I'm sorry? .. I don't think i know about a request dispatcher, haven't heard of.
I'm new to java/jsp, i've started learning it form zero 2 weeks ago.
Please tell me how can i make it compile the...

Hello. This is what i'm trying to do:


public class ComputeSearch extends HttpServlet {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,...

Sorry , i've found the problem myself . :) It looks like i didn't created a servlet but maybe accidentally an ordinary class. Now i made a servlet and copied everything there and all went smooth.

Hello. I'm starting to have a headache at solving this. I work in Eclipse IDE and run the project on tomcat server.
What i do is this:
i have a form, like this:

<form method="GET"...