Dropdown Change HTML <select><option>

[Lou Pellegrini]

Hi,

I hope this is the correct forum for this question.

My html <option> values may change frequently. Instead of reading the database every time they are needed, how can I hold them in a List to send when needed, and still be able to pick up changes without restarting the server?

Thanks,

Lou

[Bear Bibeault]

Sure. Are you using a JSP to render your page?

If so store the List of options in application context where any JSP can access it, and change the List whenever you want.

[Lou Pellegrini]

Thank you for your prompt reply Bear!

I still don't understand how I get a reference to the populated List object to make the changes when needed.

Thanks,

Lou

[Bear Bibeault]

From a servlet, the app context is available via servletContext.getAttribute().

[Lou Pellegrini]

I think I see.

Use servletContext.getAttribute(), probably behind an admin servlet with a logon, to notify the container that it is time to reload the <option> value from the database.

servletContext.getAttribute("Mylist").reload();

Thanks Bear!