
How to show data from database in textbox in jsp

Here is an example that retrieve the particular record from the database and display it in textbox using JSP.
<%@page language="java"%>
<%@page import="java.sql.*"%>
<table border="1">
<%
try {
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test", "root", "root");
String query = "select * from employee where id='1'";
Statement st = conn.createStatement();
ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery(query);
if(rs.next()){
%>
<tr>
<tr><td>Name</td><td><input type="text" name="name" value="<%=rs.getString("name")%>"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td><input type="text" name="address" value="<%=rs.getString("address")%>"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Contact No</td><td><input type="text" name="contact" value="<%=rs.getInt("contactNo")%>"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Email</td><td><input type="text" name="email" value="<%=rs.getString("email")%>"></td></tr>
<%
}
}
catch(Exception e){}
%>
</table>

Here is an example of autocompletebox in JSP. As the user tpe any letter in the textbox, corresponding values will get displayed.
1)auto.jsp:
<%@page import="java.sql.*"%>
<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
var xmlHttp
var xmlHttp
function showState(str){
if (typeof XMLHttpRequest != "undefined"){
xmlHttp= new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else if (window.ActiveXObject){
xmlHttp= new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
if (xmlHttp==null){
alert ("Browser does not support XMLHTTP Request")
return
}
var url="get.jsp";
url += "?count=" +str;
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = stateChange;
xmlHttp.open("GET", url, true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
}
function stateChange(){
if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete"){
document.getElementById("country").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input id="name" type="text" name="name" onkeyup="showState(this.value)">
<br>
<div id='country'>
</div>
</body>
</html>
2)get.jsp:
<%@page language="java" import ="java.sql.*" %>
<%
String name=request.getParameter("count");
String buffer="<div>";
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test","root","root");
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("Select * from country where countryname LIKE '"+name+"%'");
while(rs.next()){
buffer=buffer+rs.getString(2)+"<br>";
}
buffer=buffer+"</div>";
response.getWriter().println(buffer);
%>

i want to show data in text field not in any divison ....how to show it??

means i want to autocomplete the text field using ajax. plz tell me how to do it??
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