Hi,
Try this, this should work.
city_name = req.getParameter("mcity");
"select fname,lname from contact,comp where contact.id = comp.id and
comp.city = " + "'" + city_name + "'";
Regards
pidix
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> hello all
>
> I am facing a problem, I am trying to get some input from the user and
> based on the input I want to make a resultset with the Select statement
> in my servlet.
>
> Supposing I am taking a cityname as input from using getParameter() and
> then I am putting in the where clause of the select statement. its not
> working ...
>
> my select statement is somewhat like this
>
> select fname,lname from contact,comp where contact.id = comp.id and
> comp.city = req.getParameter("mcity");
>
> where mcity is the text input in my html
>
> please help
>
> Moloy
>
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