Try this out. I did not check it. In the while loop, instead of repeating <%=objRs.getString("product_category") many times, get it in a variable just after while(obsRs.next()) { String str_ProductCategory = obsRs.getString("product_category"); and use this variable elsewhere in the while loop. (It makes better prgramming sense also) Regards, Dantus ----- Original Message ----- From: Duc Nguyen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 3:05 AM Subject: What's wrong with this code Hi, I am new to JSP, I have this code to query out a recordset and display it on the screen. <html> <head><title>Manage Products</title></head> <body> <%@ page import="java.sql.*"%> <jsp:useBean id = "product" class="ProductBean" scope="request" /> <jsp:setProperty name = "product" property="*"/> <% ResultSet objRs = product.getCategory(); %> <% String cat; cat = request.getParameter("cat"); if t=="Home"){ %> <font color="red"><b>Home</b></font> <% } else{ %> <a href="default.jsp?cat=Home">Home</a> <% } %> <UL> <% while(objRs.next()) { if (cat == <%=objRs.getString("product_category")){ %> <Li><font color="red"><b><%=objRs.getString("product_category")%></b></font></Li> </UL> <% } ! ;else{ %> <ul> <li><a href="default.jsp"><%=objRs.getString("product_category")%></a></li> </ul> <% } } %> </body> </html> I know that the bean is working fine however I got this error when I try to execute this page. =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets