Standard Tags

Question

I am trying to find out the Que position of a person in waiting Q. These are the steps I am following:
1. getting the record set
<sql:query var="myRecordset" dataSource="$myDataBase " >
SELECT myName FROM WaitingList
ORDER BY registerationDate
</sql:query>
2. Iterating through record set
<c:forEach var="row" items="$myRecordset.rows">
<c:if test="$row.get('myName') == '$varName'">
.... I want to display the row number
</c:if>
</c:forEach>
Now the problem is:
1. I want to declare varName at run time. I am not able to do so my using the standard JSP methods like <%= .. %>. How is it done in tags. Please help me.
2. How do you find the row number? I went through the tag documentation, but I could locate any method.
Please Help me

Answer 1

<c:if test="$row.get('myName') == '$varName'">
1. I want to declare varName at run time. varName already is a runtime variable, but setting it directly is probably what's throwing you.
I've run into the same problem. The standard tag library generates some really obscure Java.
You can set the value with <c:set var="varName" value="whatever" />, but then how you you set the
value of value?
Until we figure out the right way, one workaround is to use scriptlets for the conditionals:
String myVarName = whateverIWantItToBe;
String myMyName = <c:out value="${row.myName}" />;
<% if (myMyName == myVarName) { %>
[ conditional code here ]
<% } %>
2. How do you find the row number? <c:out value="${thisRow.count}"/>