SQL in JSP - do I use JAVA code in % ... % or SQL Tag Library ??

Question

I have a small web app that makes needs to make about 12 SQL queries in a JSP and am trying to figure out what is the best way to do this
I had initially coded this using plain JAVA code in the JSP as follows :-
<%
Connection conn = null;
Statement st = null;
ResultSet rs = null;
try {
st = conn.createStatement();
rs = st.executeQuery("select .........");
%>
But then I came across the SQL Tag Library in an article and wonder if this is more efficient code?
If so does anyone have a pointer to a good intro to these tags as they look complicated (I only am doing queries on the SQL database, no inserts or updates)

Answer 1

Sometimes you've gotta do what you've gotta do.
My rule is "no scriptlets".
If you MUST access a database from a JSP, the only right way to do it is to use JSTL <sql> tags.
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