Insert JSP data into MS Access database? - html

Question

I keep getting different errors while trying to insert data retrieved from a html page using JSP into a table in my MS Access database. Everyone time I try to fix or change my code I get a different error. the current error is:
(ps. i'm using apache tomcat. my database is called "tico" and "Contacts" is the name of the table. the field names in MS access are "Job Code:" and "TICo's Client:"). If anyone can help, it would be much appreciated. thanks. :)
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HTTP Status 500 - An exception occurred processing JSP page /TICo Website/onejsp.jsp at line 21
type Exception report
message An exception occurred processing JSP page /TICo Website/onejsp.jsp at line 21
description The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.``
exception
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: An exception occurred processing JSP page /TICo Website/onejsp.jsp at line 21
18: url = "jdbc:odbc:tico"
19: />
20:
21: <sql:update var="tico" scope="request" dataSource ="${tico}">
22: INSERT INTO Contacts
23: ([Job Code:], [TICo's Client:])
24: VALUES (?, ?)
Stacktrace:
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException
(JspServletWrapper.java:521)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:412)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:313)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:260)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:723)
root cause
javax.servlet.ServletException: javax.servlet.jsp.JspException: Unable to get
connection,
DataSource invalid: "java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft]
[ODBC Driver Manager]
Data source name not found and no default driver specified"
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doHandlePageException
(PageContextImpl.java:865)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException
(PageContextImpl.java:794)
org.apache.jsp.TICo_0020Website.onejsp_jsp._jspService(onejsp_jsp.java:215)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:723)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:388)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:313)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:260)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:723)
root cause
javax.servlet.jsp.JspException: Unable to get connection, DataSource invalid:
"java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name
not found and no default driver specified"
org.apache.taglibs.standard.tag.common.sql.UpdateTagSupport.
getConnection(UpdateTagSupport. java:243)
org.apache.taglibs.standard.tag.common.sql.UpdateTagSupport.doStartTag
(UpdateTagSupport.jav a:124)
org.apache.jsp.TICo_0020Website.onejsp_jsp._jspx_meth_sql_005fupdate_005f0
(onejsp_jsp.java: 264)
org.apache.jsp.TICo_0020Website.onejsp_jsp._jspService(onejsp_jsp.java:80)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:723)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:388)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:313)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:260)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:723)
note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache
Tomcat/6.0.37 logs.
Apache Tomcat/6.0.37
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full stack trace
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enter code hereJun 25, 2013 9:54:33 AM
org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance
in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:\Program
Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\bin;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:
\Windows \system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32
\Wbem;C:\Windows \System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;;.
Jun 25, 2013 9:54:33 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
Jun 25, 2013 9:54:33 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 438 ms
Jun 25, 2013 9:54:33 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Jun 25, 2013 9:54:33 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/6.0.37
Jun 25, 2013 9:54:33 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor
INFO: Deploying configuration descriptor manager.xml
Jun 25, 2013 9:54:33 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory docs
Jun 25, 2013 9:54:33 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory ROOT
Jun 25, 2013 9:54:34 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
Jun 25, 2013 9:54:34 AM org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init
INFO: JK: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009
Jun 25, 2013 9:54:34 AM org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start
INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/15 config=null
Jun 25, 2013 9:54:34 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 800 ms
Jun 25, 2013 10:03:14 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol pause
INFO: Pausing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
Jun 25, 2013 10:03:15 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService stop
INFO: Stopping service Catalina
Jun 25, 2013 10:03:15 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol destroy
INFO: Stopping Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
Jun 25, 2013 10:03:21 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance
in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:\Program
Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\bin;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows
\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:
\Windows \System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;;.
Jun 25, 2013 10:03:21 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
Jun 25, 2013 10:03:21 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 348 ms
Jun 25, 2013 10:03:21 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Jun 25, 2013 10:03:21 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/6.0.37
Jun 25, 2013 10:03:21 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor
INFO: Deploying configuration descriptor manager.xml
Jun 25, 2013 10:03:21 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory docs
Jun 25, 2013 10:03:21 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory ROOT
Jun 25, 2013 10:03:22 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
Jun 25, 2013 10:03:22 AM org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init
INFO: JK: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009
Jun 25, 2013 10:03:22 AM org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start
INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/15 config=null
Jun 25, 2013 10:03:22 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 495 ms`
JSP Page
<%#page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<%# taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
<%# taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql" prefix="sql" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>Using GET and POST Method to Read Form Data</title>
</head>
<body>
<sql:setDataSource
var = "tico"
scope = "session"
driver = "sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"
url = "jdbc:odbc:tico"
/>
<sql:update var="tico" scope="request" dataSource ="${tico}">
INSERT INTO Contacts
(Job Code:, TICo's Client:)
VALUES (?, ?)
<sql:param value = "${param.jobcode}" />
<sql:param value = "${param.ticosclient}" />
</sql:update>
<center>
<h1>Using GET Method to Read Form Data</h1>
<div style="position:absolute; top:20px; width:100%; height:80px;">
<ul>
<table align='center' style="width: 1000px; height: 81px;" border="0" cellpadding="0"
cellspacing="0" align="center">
<col width="33">
<col width="33">
<col width="33">
<col width="33"></br></br></br>
<tr><td>
<li><p><b>Job Code:</b>
<%= request.getParameter("jobcode")%>
</p></li>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<li><p><b>TICo's Client:</b>
<%= request.getParameter("ticosclient")%>
</p></li>
</td></tr>
</body>
</html>

Answer 1

Certainly one thing you'll need to fix is your SQL command text.
INSERT INTO Contacts
(Job Code:, TICo's Client:)
VALUES (?, ?)
will have to be changed to
INSERT INTO Contacts
([Job Code:], [TICo's Client:])
VALUES (?, ?)
By the way, you may want to double-check that there really are colon (:) characters in the field names. That's quite normal for labels on a form, but it's rather unusual for them to be included in the actual field names.
Edit
The "Data source name not found and no default driver specified" error suggests that the JSP process is running in the 64-bit environment and the 64-bit version of the Access Database Engine (a.k.a. "ACE") has not been installed on the server. To correct that, download and install the 64-bit version of the Access Database Engine from here, then create a 64-bit System DSN for the database (via the normal Windows Control Panel applet, not SYSWOW64).