Hi, I have downloaded binary JDBC Driver from both postgresql.org and jdbc.postgresql it's version is jdbc7.1-1.2/jdbc7.1-1.1. It always give a message like this Exception in thread "main" java.sql.SQLException: ERROR:฿Unterminated quoted string ฿฿at org.postgresql.Connection.ExecSQL(Connection.java:533) ฿฿at org.postgresql.jdbc2.Statement.execute(Statement.java:294) ฿฿at org.postgresql.jdbc2.Statement.executeQuery(Statement.java:59) ฿฿at Test.main(Test.java:20) I have also tride to rebuild the source code with ./configure --prefix=/opt --enable-locale --enable-multibyte=EUC_CN --with-CXX -with-java -with-openssl=/usr 1)฿for JDBC it can complete compilation, but use JDBC with problem 2)฿for libpq--> input.c -->on_exit() : gcc -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -I../../../src/interfaces/libpq -I../../../src/include -I/usr/include฿- c -o input.o input.c input.c: In function `initializeInput': input.c:157: warning: passing arg 1 of `on_exit' from incompatible pointer type input.c:157: too few arguments to function `on_exit' 3) my table customer is very simple : cno char(10),cname varchar(50) my source code : import java.sql.*; import java.io.*; class Test{ ฿฿public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { ฿฿฿฿฿฿System.out.println("input :"); ฿฿฿฿฿฿BufferedReader in=new BufferedReader( ฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿new InputStreamReader( ฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿System.in ฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿) ฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿); ฿฿฿฿฿฿String t1=in.readLine(); //here i can enter some Chinese string ฿฿฿฿฿฿System.out.println("your input are :"+t1);฿ ฿฿฿฿฿฿Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver"); ฿฿฿฿฿฿Connection dbconn=DriverManager.getConnection( ฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿"jdbc:postgresql:redauto","postgres",""); ฿฿฿฿฿฿Statement st = dbconn.createStatement(); ฿฿฿฿฿฿String str_sql="SELECT * FROM customer where cname='"+t1+"'"; ฿฿฿฿฿฿System.out.println(str_sql); ฿฿฿฿฿฿ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery(str_sql); ฿฿฿฿฿฿while(rs.next()) { ฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿System.out.println(rs.getString(1)+"\t"+rs.getString (2)+"\n"); ฿฿฿฿฿฿} ฿฿฿฿฿฿rs.close(); ฿฿฿฿฿฿st.close(); ฿฿฿฿฿฿dbconn.close(); ฿฿} } I am shade to have disturbed you. you are kind for me if you can give any sugestion. Thanks very much. malix shanghai china ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html