Error in condition

Question

Hi guys,
When i am trying to fetch some data from DB, it seems an error in the while condition..
Is the following while loop a right way to proceed?
while(!d.compareTo(%><%=es.getDate(2) %><%)){ %>
// some codes
<%}%>d is a data type date (java.sql.Date)
es.getDate(2) fetches a date from DB(MySql)
the full code
try {
    String connectionURL = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3234/";
    Connection connection = null;
    Statement statement = null;
     ResultSet rs = null;
      Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
     connection = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionURL, "root", "***");
     statement = connection.createStatement();
  Calendar cal1 = Calendar.getInstance();
     cal1.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2008);
       cal1.set(Calendar.MONTH, Calendar.AUGUST);
     cal1.set(Calendar.DATE, 4);
     cal1.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
     cal1.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
     cal1.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
     cal1.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
     long millis = cal1.getTime().getTime();
     java.sql.Date d = new java.sql.Date(millis);
        Calendar cal2 = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal2.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2008);
        cal2.set(Calendar.MONTH, Calendar.AUGUST);
     cal2.set(Calendar.DATE, 4);
     cal2.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
     cal2.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
     cal2.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
     cal2.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
        cal2.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 6);
        long millis3 = cal2.getTime().getTime();     
       java.sql.Date d3 = new java.sql.Date(millis3);
      String nameQuery = "select DISTINCT InstName from calendar  where (calendar.Date BETWEEN 'd' AND 'd3')";
       rs= statement.executeQuery(nameQuery);
       String str ="";
%>
     <table cellpadding="1" border="1"   cellspacing="1">
    <%      while (rs.next()) { %>
                  <tr >
                       <td width= "206" >
                       <% str = rs.getString(1); %> <%=rs.getString(1)%>
                       </td>
       <%
          String connection1URL = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3234/";
           Connection connection1 = null;
          Statement statement1 = null;
            ResultSet es = null;
          Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
          connection1 = DriverManager.getConnection(connection1URL, "root", "*******");
          statement1 = connection1.createStatement();
String eventQuery = "select Event, Date from calendar where (InstName = '" + str +  "'AND(calendar.Date BETWEEN 'd' AND 'd3'))";
  es= statement1.executeQuery(eventQuery);
                  while (es.next()){
                       while(!d.equals(%> <%=es.getDate(2)%> <%)){ %>
                                   <td>    </td>
                            <%     cal1.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 1);
                                 millis = cal1.getTime().getTime();     
                                 d = new java.sql.Date(millis);
                                } %>
                            <td><%= es.getString(1) %></td>
                    <%
                         } %>
               </tr>
         <%      }     
              rs.close();
              statement.close();
              connection.close(); %>
    </table>
     <% } catch (Exception ex){} %>  // here it shows an error " syntax error on token ",", delete this token
{code}
Edited by: frenchiee on Aug 6, 2008 3:42 PM
Edited by: frenchiee on Aug 6, 2008 3:43 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Answer 1

This doesn't make much sense. You've got confused about which bits are to be rendered as content on the client and which bits are to be run as code on the server.
while(!d.compareTo(%><%=es.getDate(2) %><%)){ %>That will translate to something very roughly like:
while( !d.compareTo(
renderContent(es.getDate(2));
)) { ...You probably wanted:
while(!d.compareTo(es.getDate(2))){ ... Edited by: dcminter on 06-Aug-2008 16:50