i have a table displayed with bookisbn , booktitle and bookauthor etc..in which i have to make the bookisbn column values as hyperlink to a page name bookinfo.jsp which will diplay all copies of the book under the clicked isbn number .
i am attaching the code below:

{code viewbooksforsale.info which displays all books in database and has values of isbn column as hyperlinks}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding ="UTF-8"?>
<%-- file location of the jsp --%>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="sql" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="x" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fn" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Books For Sale</title>
</head>
<body>
<%--debugging code--%>
<%@ include file="debug.jsp" %>

ONLINE BOOK TRADING SYSTEM

<c:url var="HmePgeURL" value="/cw/router/home" scope="page"/>
<a href="${HmePgeURL}">Home</a>  <c:url var="BSPgeURL" value="/cw/router/login" scope="page"/>
<a href="${BSPgeURL}">Buy or Sell</a>  <c:url var="UregPgeURL" value="/cw/router/userregistration" scope="page"/>
<a href="${UregPgeURL}">User Registration</a>

<%-- check for database Error --%>
<c:if test="${!empty requestScope.reqQueryErrorMessage}" var="pgeDatabaseError" scope="page"> Database Error </c:if>
<%-- check for empty item table --%>
<c:if test="${not pgeDatabaseError}">
<c:if test="${booksFromQuery.rowCount == 0}" var= "pgeEmptyTable" scope="page" >
There Are No Items In The Table
</c:if>
</c:if>

Books For Sale !
<%-- Display Books --%>
<c:if test="${not pgeDatabaseError and not pgeEmptyTable}">
<table border="1" align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width ="984">
<tr bgcolor="#66CCFF">
<td width="15">
ISBN
</td>
<td width="268">
Title
</td>
<td width="198">
Author
</td>
<td width="10">
Price
</td>
<td width="15">
Condition
</td>
<td width="15">
Status
</td>
</tr>
<c:forEach items="${booksFromQuery.rows}" var="myRow">
<tr><c:url var="BookInfoPgeURL" value="/cw/router/viewbookinfo" scope="page"/>
<td width="15">
<a href= "$BookInfoPgeURL" onclick="afadf">${myRow.dbItemISBN}</a>
</td>
<c:set var="ISBNselected" value="${myRow.dbItemISBN}" scope="request" />
<td width="268">
${myRow.dbItemTitle}
</td>
<td width="198">
${myRow.dbItemAuthor}
</td>
<td width="10">
${myRow.dbItemPrice}
</td>
<td width="15">
${myRow.dbItemCondition}
</td>
<td width="15">
${myRow.dbItemStatus}
</td>
</tr>
</c:forEach>
</table>
</c:if>
<%-- debugging code --%>
<%-- for local page-scoped objects --%>
<c:if test="${sessDebug == 'true'}">
<table border="1">
<c:forEach var="item" items="${pageScope}">
<tr>
<td>pageScope object</td>
<td>${item.key}</td>
<td>${item.value}</td>
</tr>
</c:forEach>
</table>
</c:if>
</body>
</html>

*


*{code viewbookinfo.jsp generated view once a user selects an isbn number in viewbookforsales.jsp } *

<?xml version="1.0" encoding ="UTF-8"?>
<%-- file location of the jsp --%>
<%@ taglib prefix="c"   uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="sql" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="x"   uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fn"  uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>BOOK INFO</title>
</head>
 
<body>
<div align="center"><c:url var="HmePgeURL"  value="/cw/router/home"  scope="page"/><a href="${HmePgeURL}">Home</a>  <c:url var="BSPgeURL"  value="/cw/router/login"  scope="page"/>
    <a href="${BSPgeURL}">Buy or Sell</a>  <c:url var="UregPgeURL"  value="/cw/router/userregistration"  scope="page"/>
  <c:url var='pgeviewbooksURL'  value='/cw/router/viewbooksforsale'  scope='page'/><a href="${pgeviewbooksURL}">Online Book Sale</a>
</div>
<%-- check for database Error --%>
<c:if test="${!empty requestScope.reqQueryErrorMessage}" var="pgeDatabaseError" scope="page"> Database Error </c:if>
<%-- check for empty item table --%>
<c:if test="${not pgeDatabaseError}">
<c:if test="${booksinfoFromQuery.rowCount == 0}" var= "pgeEmptyTable" scope="page" >
There Are No Items In The Table
</c:if>
</c:if>
<%-- display book info --%>
<c:if test= "${not pgeDatabaseError and not pgeEmptyTable}">
  <p align="center"> </p>
  <div align="center">
    <table width="359" cellpadding="5">
      <tr>
        <td width="187"><label>COPIES AVAILABLE</label> </td>
        <td width="144"><input name="textfield" type="text" value="${fn:length(items}" /></td>
      </tr>
      </table>
  </div>
  <c:forEach  items="${booksinfoFromQuery.rows}" var="myRow">
  <p align="center"> </p>
  <div align="center">
       <table width="671" cellpadding="5">
	    <tr>
        <td>ITEM ID </td>
        <td><input type="text" name="textfield" value="${myRow.dbItemId}"/></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="209"><label>ISBN</label> </td>
        <td width="434"><input type="text" name="textfield" value="${myRow.dbItemISBN} "/></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><label>TITLE</label> </td>
        <td><input name="text" type="text" value="${myRow.dbItemTitle}" /></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><label>AUTHOR</label> </td>
        <td><input name="textarea" type="text" value="${myRow.dbItemAuthor}" /></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><label>BOOK INFO </label> </td>
        <td><input name="textarea" type="text" value="${myRow.dbItemInfo}" /></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><label>CONDITION</label> </td>
        <td><input type="text"  name="textfield" value="${myRow.dbItemCondition} " /></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><label>STATUS</label> </td>
        <td><input type="text"  name="textfield" value="${myRow.dbItemStatus}"/></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><label>PRICE</label> </td>
        <td><input type="text"  name="textfield" value="${myRow.dbItemPrice}"/></td>
      </tr>
	  <hr />
	 </table>
	 </div>
	 </c:forEach>
	</c:if>

*

{code probookinfo.jsp -- process jsp file for viewbookinfo.jsp}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding ="UTF-8"?>
<%-- \WEB-INF\jsp\cwjsps\probookinfo.jsp --%>
<%-- Probookinfo --%>
<%-- file location of the jsp --%>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="sql" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="x" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fn" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" %>
<%-- execute the query --%>
<c:catch var="pgeQueryError">
<sql:query var="booksinfoFromQuery" scope="request">
SELECT dbItemId,dbItemInfo,dbItemISBN,dbItemTitle,dbItemAuthor,dbItemPrice,dbItemCondition,dbItemStatus FROM item WHERE dbItemISBN ="${ISBNselected}"
</sql:query>
</c:catch>

<%-- check query error --%>
<c:choose>
<c:when test="${not empty pgeQueryError}">
<%-- Database Error --%>
<c:set var="reqOutcome" scope="session" value="failure" />
<c:set var="reqQueryErrorMessage" scope="request" value="${pgeQueryError.message}" />
<jsp:forward page="/WEB-INF/jsp/cwjsps/test.jsp"/>
</c:when>
<c:otherwise>
<c:set var="reqOutcome" scope="session" value="success" />
</c:otherwise>
</c:choose>
<jsp:forward page="/WEB-INF/jsp/cwjsps/viewbookinfo.jsp"/> <%-- display book info --%>
<%-- display trader own page after login --%>

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