Hello, I keep getting the same error message every time that I load my servlet and try to connect to the database - "Servlet Error: java.lang.InstantiationError: org/gjt/mm/mysql/Statement I know that my connection isn't null and the classpath is set correctly in jserv.properties; I just can't figure out why it won't create a statement. If anyone could help that would be great., I have included the little bit of code surrounding my troubled code try { //load driver and make connection Class.forName(driverName).newInstance(); connection = DriverManager.getConnection(databaseUrl, username, password); //create statement stmt = connection.createStatement(); //get result set result = stmt.executeQuery(sql); //close connection connection.close(); }catch(Exception e){ e.printStackTrace(); } Thanks, Sheri -- ---------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives and Other: <http://java.apache.org/main/mail.html> Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]