Confused about wheather to use session or some other technology

Question

i have two jsp pages one is index.jsp and other one is display.jsp,from index.jsp i am passing a string value and collecting it in display.jsp ,after collecting it i am making use of that value in a sql query to display the result from the data base,and i am getting one line (row) of display ,when i repeat the process again that row is over written which i do not want , what i want is as long as i keep sending strings from index.jsp tp disply.jsp the number of rows should be added (as a display in display.jsp)
and i wanted to do that in jsp environment only as i am not aware of struts and some other technology.some sample code of display.jsp is as follows
String INDENT_NUMBER = request.getParameter("indent_number");
query1="select some data from some tables where a.INDENT_NUMBER = '"+INDENT_NUMBER+"'";
while(rs.next){
get some values here to display
like
String item_name =rs1.getString("item_name");
String INDENT_QUANTITY=rs1.getString("INDENT_QUANTITY");
here i want to display row wise data
and now close the while loop
please get me the idea if possible with sample code,i'll be greatfull to u,
thanx

Answer 1

I would add the String you get from the DB to an ArrayList, and store that ArrayList in the session. Then, at time of display, just iterate over the List. I would also look into putting the SQL into a JavaBean that does the work. Take as much of that code out of the JSP as possible.