in which method shuld i use at the servlet code for request
the value of a radio button in the html code?
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<center><font color=darkred><h1>REGISTRATION FORM</h1></font></center>
<form method=post action="http://localhost:8080/examples/servlet/DataWare">
<font size=4 color=darkblue><b>
first name : <input type=text size=20 name="fn">
<br><br>
last name : <input type=text size=20 name="ln">
<br><br>
Id number : <input type=text size=20 name="id">
<br><br>
User name : <input type=text size=20 name="un">
<br><br>
password : <input type=password size=20 name="passw">
<br><br>
age : <input type=text size=3 name="age">
<br><br>
address : <input type=text size=20 name="add">
<br><br>
type of registration :
<br>
<!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
<input type=radio name="teachorstu" value="teacher">teacher
<br><br> <!-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^->
<input type=radio name="teachorstu" value="student">student
<!--------------here is the problem ^^^^^^^^^^^^^-------------->
<br><br>
</b></font>
<input type=submit value="register">
<br><br>
</form>
</body>
</html>
and the java source code::
import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class DataWare extends HttpServlet
{
private String firstName;
private String lastName;
private String id;
private String userName;
private String password;
private String age;
private String address;
private String type;
private static Connection connection;
public void init()
{
try
{
Class.forName("org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver").newInstance();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.println("Registering the Driver was failed");
}
try
{
connection = DriverManager.getConnection
("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/ExamDB");
}
catch(Exception exception)
{
System.out.println("Connection with the DataBase failed");
exception.printStackTrace();
System.exit(1);
}
}
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
throws ServletException,IOException
{
Students student =new Students(connection);
res.setContentType("text/html");
firstName=req.getParameter("fn");
lastName=req.getParameter("ln");
id=req.getParameter("id");
userName=req.getParameter("un");
password=req.getParameter("passw");
age=req.getParameter("age");
address=req.getParameter("add");
/***************************************************************/
type=req.getParameterValues("teachorstu");
/**the problem is here^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^******/
try
{
student.addNewStudent(firstName,lastName,id,userName,password,age,address,type);
}
catch(SQLException sql){}
try
{
if(type=="teacher")
{
PrintWriter out=res.getWriter();
out.println("<html><body width=400 height=400><h1>TEACHER ADMINISTRATION PAGE FOR : "+firstName.toUpperCase()+"</h1>");
out.println("<br><br><input type=submit value='create exam' action=''>");
out.println("<br><br><br><input type=submit value='exam results' action=''>");
out.println("</body></html>");
out.close();
}
else
{
PrintWriter out=res.getWriter();
out.println("<html><body width=400 height=400><h1>STUDENT ADMINISTRATION PAGE FOR : "+firstName.toUpperCase()+"</h1>");
out.println("<br><br><input type=submit value='do exam' action=''>");
out.println("<br><br><br><input type=submit value='exam results' action=''>");
out.println("</body></html>");
out.close();
}
}
catch(Exception e){}
}
}
class Students
{
private Connection connect;
private PreparedStatement addNewStudento;
public Students(Connection c)
{
connect = c;
try
{
addNewStudento = connect.prepareStatement
("INSERT INTO students VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)");
}
catch (SQLException exception)
{
exception.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void addNewStudent(String firstn, String lastn, String idn,
String usern, String passn, String agen, String add, String typen)
throws SQLException
{
addNewStudento.setString(1,firstn);
addNewStudento.setString(2,lastn);
addNewStudento.setString(3,idn);
addNewStudento.setString(4,usern);
addNewStudento.setString(5,passn);
addNewStudento.setString(6,agen);
addNewStudento.setString(7,add);
addNewStudento.setString(8,typen);
if (addNewStudento.executeUpdate()!=1)
{
throw new SQLException("adding new Student failed");
}
}
}
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