but it always returns null in name i used this type of statement in my othere jsp and it works fine but here it is not see the emp.jsp
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <%@ page import = "java.sql.*"%> <%@ page import = "pkgs.*"%> <%! public static String nulltostring(String obj){ if(obj == null) { obj = ""; } obj = obj.replace('"',' '); return obj; } %> <% MyConnection con=new MyConnection(); Statement stmt = null; ResultSet rs = null; String qry =""; int i = 1; try{ stmt = con.getCon(1); } catch(Exception e){ out.println(e); } String emp=request.getParameter("emp"); if (emp==null){ emp="0"; } %> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> Employee Master </TITLE> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="EditPlus"> <META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Vaishali Pandya"> <META NAME="Description" CONTENT="Emplyee Master"> </HEAD> <script> function doenable(){ parent.f1.document.emp_menu.per.disabled=false; parent.f1.document.emp_menu.off.disabled=false; parent.f1.document.emp_menu.acc.disabled=false; parent.f1.document.emp_menu.join.disabled=false; parent.f1.document.emp_menu.exp.disabled=false; parent.f3.emp_smenu.saveall.disabled=false; parent.f3.emp_smenu.resetall.disabled=false; } </script> <BODY BGCOLOR="B0B0B0" onload="doenable()"> <CENTER> <h2> Employee Master </h2> </center> <% String mode = request.getParameter("mode"); if (mode == null){ mode = "0"; } if (mode.equals("1")){ String name=request.getParameter("ename"); String updqry="update hrm_employee_mas set emp_empname = '" + name + "' where emp_employee_no = " + emp; out.println(updqry); // stmt.executeUpdate(updqry); } %> <form name=femp method=post action="emp.jsp"> <% qry = "Select * from hrm_employee_mas where emp_employee_no = " + emp; rs = stmt.executeQuery(qry); if (rs.next()){ %> <a name=personal> Personal <TABLE border=2 width="100%"> <tr> <td align=right>Employee No </td> <td><input style="width:100%" type=text name=emp_no value ="<%=nulltostring(rs.getString("emp_employee_no"))%>"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=right>Old Employee No </td> <td><input style="width:100%" type=text name=old_no value ="<%=nulltostring(rs.getString("emp_old_empno"))%>"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align=right>Name </td> <td><input style="width:100%" type=text name="ename" value="<%=nulltostring(rs.getString("emp_empname"))%>"> </td> </tr> </TABLE> </a> <% } rs.close(); stmt.close(); %> </form> </BODY> </HTML> Hi Vaishali Check This,,,, if (mode.equals("1")){ String name=request.getParameter("ename"); if( !name.length() ==0 || !name == null) { String updqry="update hrm_employee_mas set emp_empname = '" + name + "' where emp_employee_no = " + emp; }else { out.println(name); } } =========================================================================== 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://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com =========================================================================== 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://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com