JSP Dropdown from postgresql - postgresql

Question

I'm very very new to jsp and postgresql and I want to add a dropdown menu to my jsp file.
There is table with Names and Numbers and all I want is getting the names displayed in the drop down
This is what I got so far. An empty dropdown with the right numbers of rows (4 as I have only for rows in my table) is displayed but no names!
<sql:query
dataSource="${db}"
var="result">
select name from customer
</sql:query>
<select>
<c:forEach
var="result"
items="${result.rows}">
<option value=${param.name}>${param.name}
</option>
</c:forEach>
</select>
Thanks for any help in advance!
PS: i tried to find an answer but all the answers were about mysql but we are using psql :/

Answer 1

Your option list has the right number or options but they're empty because the variable param doesn't exist.
You have:
<c:forEach var="result" items="${result.rows}">
<option value=${param.name}>${param.name}</option>
</c:forEach>
var is the variable to be created from items, so you don't want it named the same as the items list. This is where you should be creating the variable param. It should be:
<c:forEach var="param" items="${result.rows}">
<option value='<c:out value="${param.name}"/>'><c:out value="${param.name}"/></option>
</c:forEach>
You should probably also do it like <option value='${param.name}'> since the field name is probably text rather than numeric.