Best Practice on querying Data from Database

Hello and I was wondering what is the preferred and best practice for querying data from an SQL database inside a JSP page. Is it using the JSTL library or another method? Thanks

It depends on the size of the application really.
The "correct and preferred" approach in a large MVC app would be to have a seperate class that does all the database access, retrieving the data into java objects.
Check out [url http://java.sun.com/blueprints/corej2eepatterns/Patterns/DataAccessObject.html] DAO pattern
You then "save" the data into request/session attributes, and forward to a jsp page to render the result.
Most approaches recommend a separation between JSP (the view) and SQL code.
The JSTL sql tags are provided more for "quick and dirty" code applicable in small applications, or for fast prototyping. That approach is not really robust for large scale applications.
Cheers,
evnafets

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