How to load values from database into the f:selectItems value attribute

Question

Hi,
I am trying to load the drop down menu value i.e f:selectItems from the database with a list of values from a column in the databse table. how can i do this? Should i use binding? or is there any other way.
Note:i am able to load values into f:selectItems from the faces-config.xml file but they are static values. i want the values from the database
Please reply with sample codes of faces jsp, bean file and config.xml file

Answer 1

But this is working for me,
JSF
     <h:selectOneMenu value="#{loadbean.grade}" >
          <f:selectItems value="#{loadbean.gradelist}" />
     </h:selectOneMenu>
bean
private String grade;
private List<SelectItem> gradelist;
public String getGrade() {
          return grade;
     public void setGrade(String grade) {
          this.grade = grade;
     public List<SelectItem> getGradelist() {
          return gradelist;
     public void setGradelist(List<String> items) {
          gradelist=new ArrayList<SelectItem>();
          gradelist.add(new SelectItem("daniel"));//this value can be from data base
          gradelist.add(new SelectItem("pspindia"));
          gradelist.add(new SelectItem("prelude sys"));
faces-config.xml
<managed-property>
          <property-name>gradelist</property-name>
          <null-value/>
</managed-property>
this working fine for me. So setter method also works to load value for the h:selectItems
Thanks a lot.