
how to delete an item from the database using jsp

Delete record from database using JSP
1)application.jsp:
<%@ page import="java.sql.*" %>
<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
function deleteRecord(id){
var f=document.form;
f.method="post";
f.action='delete.jsp?id='+id;
f.submit();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<br><br>
<form method="post" name="form">
<table border="1">
<tr><th>Name</th><th>Address</th><th>Contact No</th><th>Email</th></tr>
<%
Connection con = null;
String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/";
String db = "test";
String driver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
String userName ="root";
String password="root";
int sumcount=0;
Statement st;
try{
Class.forName(driver).newInstance();
con = DriverManager.getConnection(url+db,userName,password);
String query = "select * from employee";
st = con.createStatement();
ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery(query);
%>
<%
while(rs.next()){
%>
<tr><td><%=rs.getString(2)%></td>
<td><%=rs.getString(3)%></td>
<td><%=rs.getString(4)%></td>
<td><%=rs.getString(5)%></td>
<td><input type="button" name="delete" value="Delete" style="background-color:#ff0000;font-weight:bold;color:#ffffff;" onclick="deleteRecord(<%=rs.getString(1)%>);" ></td>
</tr>
<%
}
%>
<%
}
catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
%>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
2)delete.jsp:
<%@page import="java.sql.*"%>
<%
String id=request.getParameter("id");
int no=Integer.parseInt(id);
int sumcount=0;
try {
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test", "root", "root");
Statement st = conn.createStatement();
st.executeUpdate("DELETE FROM employee WHERE id = '"+no+"'");
response.sendRedirect("application.jsp");
}
catch(Exception e){}
%>
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