I don't see you instantiating parmUserid or parmPW, but it would appear
that is where the problem lies.
Is there a specific line that you can attribute the NPE to?
Lance
> Can anybody give me a clue as to why I am getting null pointer
exceptions
> when I access userID, password, or minit from a JSP page but not fname,
> lname or accesslevel?
>
> while( rs.next()) {
> String id = rs.getString( 1); file://get userID (email address)
> String pw = rs.getString( 2); file://get password
>
> if( parmUserid.equalsIgnoreCase( id) &&
armPW.equalsIgnoreCase( pw))
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