Get table names

I am trying to get all table names in MySQL database using Tomcat 5.5 container.

Gives me errors saying:

An error occurred at line: 8 in the jsp file: /num/TableName.jsp
Generated servlet error:
Illegal modifier for the variable con; only final is permitted

An error occurred at line: 8 in the jsp file: /num/TableName.jsp
Generated servlet error:
Illegal modifier for the variable databaseMetaData; only final is permitted

Try taking the java scriptlet you wrote and plop it into the middle of a method. You'll find that it's chock full of errors.

The Java you put into JSP scriplets must follow the same rules as "real" Java classes.

Specifically, can you declare public variable insode a java method?

Why would you be doing something like this in a JSP in the first place?

Thanks,

I was trying to learn more about pulling info out of a database.
I will try other things first since this wont work.

Do yourself a favor and keep the database access in Java classes where they belong... as far away from the UI as they can get.

Originally posted by Bear Bibeault:
Why would you be doing something like this in a JSP in the first place?

I vote for the Devil of Cut 'n' Paste or the Bog Monster of Misunderstanding Encapsulation.

Originally posted by Rusty Smythe:
the Bog Monster of Misunderstanding Encapsulation

Who frequently shows up with his cousin, the Spectre of Premature Optimization.