Michael, I'm attaching some code which I hope will be useful. Regards, Koen. import java.io.*; import javax.servlet.*; import javax.servlet.http.*; import java.sql.*; public final class YourClass extends HttpServlet { Connection con = null; int iMode = 0; public void init() throws ServletException { String url = getServletContext().getInitParameter("url"); String uid = getServletContext().getInitParameter("uid"); String pwd = getServletContext().getInitParameter("pwd"); try { //Register the JDBC driver Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver"); } catch( Exception e ) { e.printStackTrace(); }//end catch //Get a connection to the database try { con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, uid, pwd); } catch( Exception e ) { e.printStackTrace(); }//end catch }//end init() public void destroy() { try { //Close the connection to the database con.close(); } catch( Exception e ) { e.printStackTrace(); } } public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) throws ServletException, IOException{ try { // Set the content type of the data to be sent back // to the client. res.setContentType("text/html"); getParameterInfo (req); switch (iMode){ case 0: printViewTable(req, res); break; case 1: printInsRecord(req, res); break; case 2: printModRecord(req, res); break; case 3: printDelRecord(req, res); break; } }catch( Exception e ) { e.printStackTrace(); }//end catch }//end doGet() ... ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com