The contentType Attribute

Format

<%@ page contentType="MIME Type" %>

<%@ page contentType="MIME Type;

charset=Character Set"%>

Purpose

Specify the MIME type of the page generated by the 

servlet that results from the JSP page

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Generating Excel Spreadsheets

First   Last    Email Address

Marty   Hall    hall@corewebprogramming.com

Larry   Brown   brown@corewebprogramming.com

Bill    Gates   gates@sun.com

Larry   Ellison ellison@microsoft.com

<%@ page contentType="application/vnd.ms excel" %>

<%   There are tabs, not spaces, between columns.   %>

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