JDBC and JSP interview questions and answers By admin October 9, 2004 What is the query used to display

all tables names in SQL Server (Query analyzer )? select * from information_schema.tables How many types of JDBC Drivers are present and what are they?- There are 4 types of JDBC Drivers JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver Native API Partly Java Driver Network protocol Driver JDBC Net pure Java Driver Can we implement an interface in a JSP?- No What is the difference between ServletContext and PageContext?- ServletContext: Gives the information about the container. PageContext: Gives the information ab out the Request What is the difference in using request.getRequestDispatcher() and context.getRe questDispatcher()?- request.getRequestDispatcher(path): In order to create it we need to give the relative path of the resource, context.getRequestDispatcher(pa th): In order to create it we need to give the absolute path of the resource. How to pass information from JSP to included JSP?- Using <%jsp:param> tag. What is the difference between directive include and jsp include?- <%@ include>: Used to include static resources during translation time. JSP include: Used to include dynamic content or static content during runtime. What is the difference between RequestDispatcher and sendRedirect?- RequestDispa tcher: server-side redirect with request and response objects. sendRedirect : Cl ient-side redirect with new request and response objects. How does JSP handle runtime exceptions?- Using errorPage attribute of page direc tive and also we need to specify isErrorPage=true if the current page is intende d to URL redirecting of a JSP. How do you delete a Cookie within a JSP? Cookie mycook = new Cookie("name","value"); response.addCookie(mycook); Cookie killmycook = new Cookie("mycook","value"); killmycook.setMaxAge(0); killmycook.setPath("/"); killmycook.addCookie(killmycook); How do I mix JSP and SSI #include?- If you re just including raw HTML, use the #in clude directive as usual inside your .jsp file. <!--#include file="data.inc"--> But it s a little trickier if you want the server to evaluate any JSP code that s in side the included file. If your data.inc file contains jsp code you will have to use <%@ vinclude="data.inc" %> The <! #include file="data.inc" > is used for including non-JSP files. I made my class Cloneable but I still get Can t access protected method clone. Why ?- Some of the Java books imply that all you have to do in order to have your cl ass support clone() is implement the Cloneable interface. Not so. Perhaps that w as the intent at some point, but that s not the way it works currently. As it stan ds, you have to implement your own public clone() method, even if it doesn t do an ything special and just calls super.clone(). Why is XML such an important development?- It removes two constraints which were holding back Web developments: dependence on a single, inflexible document type (HTML) which was being much abused for tasks it was never designed for; the com plexity of full SGML, whose syntax allows many powerful but hard-to-program opti ons. XML allows the flexible development of user-defined document types. It prov ides a robust, non-proprietary, persistent, and verifiable file format for the s torage and transmission of text and data both on and off the Web; and it removes

the more complex options of SGML, making it easier to program for. What is the fastest type of JDBC driver?- JDBC driver performance will depend on a number of issues: the quality of the driver code, the size of the driver code, the database server and its load, network topology, the number of times your request is translated to a different API. In general, all things being equal, you can assume that the more your request an d response change hands, the slower it will be. This means that Type 1 and Type 3 drivers will be slower than Type 2 drivers (the database calls are make at lea st three translations versus two), and Type 4 drivers are the fastest (only one translation). How do I find whether a parameter exists in the request object? boolean hasFoo = !(request.getParameter("foo") == null request.getParameter("foo").equals("")); or boolean hasParameter = request.getParameterMap().contains(theParameter); //(which works in Serv let 2.3+) How can I send user authentication information while makingURLConnection?- You ll want to use HttpURLConnection.setRequestProperty and set all the appropriate hea ders to HTTP authorization.