Writing a file using servlets

I'm using a servlet to read an input from a jsp file and write into a .txt file in my computer. The code is good until reading the data and creating a file in my space. but it is not writing the values. The code i tried is pasted below. I can get some value into string s, but its not writing in the xyz.txt file. I think writing in a servlet should be in a different manner. But I donno hw to implement it. Any help is appreciated.

protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
//String sub =(String) request.getParameter("Submit");
//int IP = request.getRemotePort();
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
//out.println(IP);
//if (sub.trim().equalsIgnoreCase("Submit")){

String s = request.getParameter("Name").toString();
out.println("\t"+s);
while (s != null){
try {
boolean append = true;
//out = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("C:/Users/Karin/NewFolder/xyz.txt", true));

FileWriter writer = new FileWriter("C:/Users/Karin/NewFolder/xyz.txt",append);
writer.write(s);
// out.println(s);
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();

}
}

}

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June 5, 2010 at 5:29 PM

Hi Friend,

Try the following code:

1)register.jsp:
<html>
<body>
<center><h3>Registration Form</h3></center>
<form method="get" action="../WriteToFileServlet">
<center>
<table>
<tr><td>First Name:</td><td><input type="text" name="firstname" size="20"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Last Name:</td><td><input type="text" name="lastname" size="20"></td></tr>
<tr><td>User Name:</td><td><input type="text" name="username" size="20"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Address </td><td><input type="text" name="address" size="20"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Contact No </td><td><input type="text" name="contact" size="20"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Email: </td><td><input type="text" name="email" size="20"></td></tr>
<tr><td>City: </td><td><input type="text" name="city" size="20"></td></tr>
<tr><td>State: </td><td><input type="text" name="state" size="20"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Country: </td><td> <input type="text" name="country" size="20"></td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="B1"></td><td><input type="reset" value="Reset" name="B2"></td></tr>
</table>
</center>
</form>

2)WriteToFileServlet.java

import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

public class WriteToFileServlet extends HttpServlet {
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
PrintWriter pw = response.getWriter();
String fname= request.getParameter("firstname");
String lname= request.getParameter("lastname");
String uname= request.getParameter("username");
String pass= request.getParameter("password");
String address= request.getParameter("address");
String contact=request.getParameter("contact");
String email=request.getParameter("email");
String city=request.getParameter("city");
String state=request.getParameter("state");
String country=request.getParameter("country");
try{
File file = new File("C:/xyz.txt");
FileWriter fstream = new FileWriter(file,true);
BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(fstream);
out.write(fname+" "+lname+" "+uname+" "+address+" "+contact+" "+email+" "+city+" "+state+" "+country);
out.newLine();
out.close();
pw.println("File is created successfully");
}

catch (Exception e){
System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}

Thanks
</body>
</html>

June 5, 2010 at 11:19 PM

Thanks a lot, i got it. it worked. thanks once again.

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