given this simple jsp counter, is there a way to store the counter information to a file/db so that it can be retrieved on server restart. code: <% Long hitCounter = (Long)application.getAttribute("hitCounter"); if (hitCounter == null) hitCounter = new Long(0); hitCounter = new Long(hitCounter.longValue() + 1); application.setAttribute("hitCounter",hitCounter); %> <html> <head> <title>Hit Counter</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <pre><b><font size="+3" color="#0000FF">Hit Counter</font></b> </pre> <hr> This Page has been hit <font color="#FF3333"><b><%=hitCounter%></b></font> times. <hr> <form name="form1" method="post" action="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/web/hitcounter.jsp" > <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"> </form> </div> </body> </html> thank you very much alex : gʋ~&ܢfva _j (& =========================================================================== 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