Dear sir, we are finding it difficult to connect to postgresql database using the postgresql driver i.e. using jdbc connectivity..trying it on apache web server on linux otherwise in ordinary applications it is working fine. Could u plz suggest us a remedy as soon as possible.. thanking you sir, najeeb the pgm is here.. import java.sql.*; import javax.servlet.*; import javax.servlet.http.*; import java.io.*; public class tester extends HttpServlet { public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req,HttpServletResponse res) throws ServletException,IOException { res.setContentType("text/html"); PrintWriter pw=res.getWriter(); try { Driver d=(Driver)Class.forName("postgresql.Driver").newInstance(); DriverManager.registerDriver(d); java.sql.Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql:najeeb","najeeb",""); Statement st=con.createStatement(); ResultSet rs=st.executeQuery("select hi from test"); while(rs.next()) { String str=rs.getString(1);pw.println(str); } pw.close();rs.close();st.close();con.close(); } catch(Exception ex) { pw.println(ex); } } } __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/