Setting content Type in JSP
Nitin Kumar
Greenhorn
Posts: 29
posted 12 years ago
I have Tomcat5.5.9 installed in my computer. I am trying to set content type using Scriplet and Page directive as mentioned below. None of then works
Using Scriplet :
<% response.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-excel"); %>
<HTML>
<BODY>
<TABLE BORDER =2>
<TR><TH>first<TH>Last
<TR><TD>abc <TD>xyz
<TR><TD>mno <TD>qrs
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>
2 using page directive
<%@ page contentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel" %>
<HTML>
<BODY>
<TABLE BORDER =2>
<TR><TH>First<TH>Last
<TR><TD>abc <TD>xyz
<TR><TD>mno <TD>qrs
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>
But following code works fine
<HTML>
<BODY>
<% String format=request.getParameter("format");
if (format!=null && "Excel".equals(format))
response.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-excel"); %>
<TABLE BORDER =2>
<TR><TH>First<TH>Last
<TR><TD>abc <TD>xyz
<TR><TD>mno <TD>qrs
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>
whats going wron here ?
Using Scriplet :
<% response.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-excel"); %>
<HTML>
<BODY>
<TABLE BORDER =2>
<TR><TH>first<TH>Last
<TR><TD>abc <TD>xyz
<TR><TD>mno <TD>qrs
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>
2 using page directive
<%@ page contentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel" %>
<HTML>
<BODY>
<TABLE BORDER =2>
<TR><TH>First<TH>Last
<TR><TD>abc <TD>xyz
<TR><TD>mno <TD>qrs
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>
But following code works fine
<HTML>
<BODY>
<% String format=request.getParameter("format");
if (format!=null && "Excel".equals(format))
response.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-excel"); %>
<TABLE BORDER =2>
<TR><TH>First<TH>Last
<TR><TD>abc <TD>xyz
<TR><TD>mno <TD>qrs
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>
whats going wron here ?
Sarath Mohan
Ranch Hand
Posts: 213
posted 12 years ago
How do you know it's not working?
Do you have a tool such as LiveHTTPHeaders that allows you to see the response headers?
You may be setting them correctly but still not seeing the desired results.
What are you trying to do? What results are you getting and what were you expecting?
Do you have a tool such as LiveHTTPHeaders that allows you to see the response headers?
You may be setting them correctly but still not seeing the desired results.
What are you trying to do? What results are you getting and what were you expecting?
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