Send multiple rows to database from a dynamic table.

Question

I'm using JSP for my application. I have a table that changes
in size depending on a value a user selects in a drop down list.
They can then enter some values into the table and click the submit
button. I know for whatever reason Dreamweaver only sends the first
row to the database and I've had a hard time finding good
examples/tutorials showing how I could make it send all the rows to
the database.
Is there a way for me to just do a while/for loop taking into
account the number of rows in the table? That would be ideal for me
as it sounds like the simplest method and I'm very new to web
development.
Should I be using the Server Behavior Builder or a Stored
Procedure and if so is there any good examples for those as I've
had a hard time working with any documentation/tutorials I've found
regarding them.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Hey Baxter, thanks for the response. I guess I should have
been more specific when I said I was new to Web Development. I am
actually in Software Development where I primarily code in Java and
other OO languages. I have worked with a database before in java by
writing my own servlet. I have also done some HTML so jsp is very
good for me as it is mostly java with the odd bit of html
structuring with tables and such.
Languages like PHP and ASP I am not very familiar with and
most of the solutions I find for this very problem revolve around
ASP. I have just found it very hard to find a solution to this
problem. It seems like it isn't talked about very much even in
Dreamweaver's own documentation. If a stored procedure is the only
way to go then I think I can handle it with some guidance if anyone
knows of some tutorials/examples available.
Also is it really not possible to just go into the code and
somehow make it loop through each row in the table and execute a
prepared statement for each row? I've included some code of the
dynamic table I have and as you can see I have a Submit button on
its own outside of the table. If i had it inside then the user
would have to submit each row individually which isn't realistic
when there are many rows of data. Since the Submit is outside of
the while it only gets called once after the table is populated
thus sending only one row of data.
You might want to copy paste the code into a text editor as
some of the lines are long and may be hard to read here. If you
notice any errors in the table itself like mismatching column
headers it is because I changed some column names before attaching
it here so just assume that the table is all built correctly.
PS: I am going to be out of town for five days or so, so if I
don't reply to you right away don't think I disappeared from this
thread. Thanks again.
<div>
<h2>TableData</h2>
<form ACTION="<%=MM_editAction%>" METHOD="POST"
name="tabledata">
<table>
<% if (!Recordset1_isEmpty ) { %>
<tr>
<td class="head">Name1</td>
<td class="head">Name2</td>
<td class="head">Name3</td>
<td class="head">Code1</td>
<td class="head">Code2</td>
<td class="head">Old Status1</td>
<td class="head">New Status1</td>
<td class="head">Old Status2</td>
<td class="head">New Status2</td>
<td class="head">Year</td>
</tr>
<% } /* end !Recordset1_isEmpty */ %>
<% while
((Recordset1_hasData)&&(Repeat1__numRows-- != 0)) { %>
<% if (szin11 ==2) {color11 = "#ECECEC" ;szin11=(0);}
%><tr>
<td><input type="hidden"
value="<%=((((Recordset1_data =
Recordset1.getObject("Name1"))==null ||
Recordset1.wasNull())?"":Recordset1_data))%>" name="Name1"
/><%=(((Recordset1_data =
Recordset1.getObject("Name1"))==null ||
Recordset1.wasNull())?"":Recordset1_data)%></td>
<td><input value="<%=((((Recordset1_data =
Recordset1.getObject("Name2"))==null ||
Recordset1.wasNull())?"":Recordset1_data))%>" name="Name2"
type="hidden" /><%=(((Recordset1_data =
Recordset1.getObject("Name2"))==null ||
Recordset1.wasNull())?"":Recordset1_data)%></td>
<td><input value="<%=((((Recordset1_data =
Recordset1.getObject("Name3"))==null ||
Recordset1.wasNull())?"":Recordset1_data))%>" name="Name3"
type="hidden" /><%=(((Recordset1_data =
Recordset1.getObject("Name3"))==null ||
Recordset1.wasNull())?"":Recordset1_data)%></td>
<input name="Code1" type="hidden"
value="<%=(((Recordset1_data =
Recordset1.getObject("Code1"))==null ||
Recordset1.wasNull())?"":Recordset1_data)%>" />
<td><input value="<%=((((Recordset1_data =
Recordset1.getObject("Code2"))==null ||
Recordset1.wasNull())?"":Recordset1_data))%>" name="Code2"
type="hidden" /><%=(((Recordset1_data =
Recordset1.getObject("Code2"))==null ||
Recordset1.wasNull())?"":Recordset1_data)%></td>
<td><input value="<%=((((Recordset1_data =
Recordset1.getObject("Old Status1"))==null ||
Recordset1.wasNull())?"":Recordset1_data))%>" name="Old Status1"
type="hidden" /><%=(((Recordset1_data =
Recordset1.getObject("Old Status1"))==null ||
Recordset1.wasNull())?"":Recordset1_data)%></td>
<td><input size="10"
value="<%=((((Recordset1_data = Recordset1.getObject("New
Status1"))==null ||
Recordset1.wasNull())?"":Recordset1_data))%>" name="New Status1"
type="hidden" />
<%=(((Recordset1_data = Recordset1.getObject("New
Status1"))==null ||
Recordset1.wasNull())?"":Recordset1_data)%></td>
<td><input name="New Status1" type="text" size="5"
/></td>
<td><input size="10"
value="<%=((((Recordset1_data = Recordset1.getObject("Old
Status2"))==null ||
Recordset1.wasNull())?"":Recordset1_data))%>" name="Old Status2"
type="hidden" />
<%=(((Recordset1_data = Recordset1.getObject("New
Status2"))==null ||
Recordset1.wasNull())?"":Recordset1_data)%></td>
<td><input name="New Status2" type="text" size="5"
/></td>
<td><%=(((Recordset1_data =
Recordset1.getObject("Year"))==null ||
Recordset1.wasNull())?"":Recordset1_data)%>
<input name="Year" type="hidden"
value="<%=(((Recordset1_data =
Recordset1.getObject("Year"))==null ||
Recordset1.wasNull())?"":Recordset1_data)%>"
/></td></tr>
<% if (szin11 ==0) {color11 = "#FFFFFF"; szin11=(0);}
%>
<% szin11++; %>
<%
Repeat1__index++;
Recordset1_hasData = Recordset1.next();
%>
</table>
<p>
Comments<br />
<textarea name="comments" cols="40"
rows="4"></textarea>
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</p>
<input type="hidden" name="MM_insert" value="tabledata"
/>
</form>
</div>