<sql:setDataSource var="data" driver="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" url="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/sample" user="root" password="sample" />
<sql:query dataSource="${data}" var="rs">SELECT DISTINCT component FROM `sample` ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 7 ;</sql:query>
<ul>
    <li><a href="LandingPage.jsp">Home</a>
    </li>
    <c:forEach var="row" items="${rs.rows}">
        <li> <a href="ComponentPage.jsp?name=${row.component}" id="onlink"> <c:out value="${row.component}" /></a>

        </li>
    </c:forEach>
</ul>

#navbar {
    width: 660px;
}
#navbar #holder {
    height: 31px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
    width: 1324px;
    padding-left: 25px;
}
#navbar #holder ul {
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
#navbar #holder ul li a {
    text-decoration: none;
    float: left;
    margin-right: 5px;
    line-height: 10px;
    font-family:"Arial Black", Gadget, sans-serif;
    color: #000;
    border: 1px solid #000;
    border-bottom: none;
    padding: 10px;
    width: 105px;
    text-align: center;
    display: block;
    background: #69F;
}
#navbar #holder ul li a:hover {
    background: #F90;
    color: #FFF;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000;
}
#holder ul li a#onlink {
    background: #FFF;
    color: #000;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #FFF;
}
#holder ul li a#onlink:hover {
    background: #FFF;
    color: #69F;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000;
}

ul > li.active > a{
/*code here*/
background-color:#cccccc
}

ul > li:active > a{
/*code here*/
background-color:#cccccc
}

<script>
var full_url = document.URL;
var url_array = full_url.split('=');
var name = url_array[url_array.length-1];


$("a:contains("+name+")").css("background-color", "white");



</script>