JSP™ and XML Integrating XML and Web Services in Your JSP™ Application

Chapter 11. Using XML in Reporting Systems

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Architecture of Reporting Systems

• When to Use XML with Reports

• Data Source for Reports

• ResultSet to XML

• Bringing It All Together

• The Sorting Table Stylesheet

• The Cross Tab Stylesheet

No matter what the Web application, or where it's implemented, it's a safe bet to assume that there will be some reporting involved. Even applications that don't have databases are likely to have some aspect of reporting. However, non-database systems are more likely to be looking at reports regarding numbers of page usage and data exclusive to system usage. The development of either of these reporting systems can benefit from the appropriate placement and usage of XML.

After creating a JSP that will fill the database ...