Retrieve data from MSSQL via JDBC in a Portal JSP

Question

I'm trying to get a connection to my local MSSQL database in a Portal JSP page, but without success.
Is there somebody who could post a simple and complete code sample for a Portal-JSP, which returns a recordset from a table in MSSQL, which is on the same server as the Portal.
I was able to create a JDBC connector in the VA but this didn't really help me.
You input is appreciated.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,
I tried a code which actually inserts a record into a database(in same server as portal)and also displays the records of the DataBase in a TableViewModel.I used datasource.
here is the code snippet for displaying records in a tableviewmodel-
public TableViewModelBean() {
                ResultSet rs = null;
          rs=getMyConnection();
          createNewDBTable(rs);
private ResultSet  getMyConnection()
ResultSet rs = null;
Connection con;
Context ctx = new InitialContext();
DataSource ds = (DataSource) ctx.lookup("jdbc/SAPJ2EDB");
con = ds.getConnection();
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT ASSOCIATE_ID,FIRST_NAME FROM TABLE_A");
return rs;
/* populate the resultsets in a tableviewmodel */
private void createNewDBTable(ResultSet rs) {
Vector data = createData(rs);
Vector colName = new Vector();
colName.addElement("<b><center>Associate id</center></b>");
colName.addElement("<b><center>First Name</center></b>");
model = new DefaultTableViewModel(data,colName);
private Vector createData(ResultSet rs) {
                    Vector returnVector = new Vector();
                    Vector dataVecs = null;
                    try {
                         while (rs.next()) {
                                   dataVecs = new Vector();
                              dataVecs.addElement(rs.getString("ASSOCIATE_ID"));
                              dataVecs.addElement(rs.getString("FIRST_NAME"));
                                        returnVector.addElement(dataVecs);
                                             } catch (Exception e1) {
                         e1.printStackTrace();
                    return returnVector;
/* getter setter for model */
public void setModel(DefaultTableViewModel model) {
                    this.model = model;
               public DefaultTableViewModel getModel() {
                    return model;
hope it helps!
Regards
SwarnaDeepika.
Message was edited by: SwarnaDeepika