> How I go about getting documentantion?

Any JDBC tutorial out there should be good enough to get you started. The only difference would be the way the SQL driver is loaded. This ...

> I don't understand what you mean by type 4

http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc/driverdesc.html
http://www.javaworld.com/jw-07-2000/jw-0707-jdbc.html

> Should I use Connection Pooling?

Depends; all real life projects use pooling but if you have just started out, cutting down the complexity by not bothering about pooling wouldn't be that bad....

> JSTL main purpose is to only make your logic more readable

No, it's main purpose is separation of concerns and to make sure that you don't end up mixing your business and view logic. The ability...

> At least it proves that Dani does still listen to what members of the
> community say...

Yeah, that's really a nice thing; especially when almost all the regulars are out on the streets baring...

> Why use abstract classes at all? Why not just declare a class and
> then make sure you never instantiate any variables of that type?

...because compile time checks are far superior/efficient...

> Well, 650,000 users cannot be involved in every single discussion.

I guess nor they would want to as many of them are here for a quick solution.

> Even 20 regulars who post in the feedback...

> "Top Dog" is a common expression here in USA that means the boss or the leader

I'm very much aware of that expression but was expecting "brass" instead of "dog", hence that smiley. :-)

> I do...

/me takes off the super-mod hat

> Here be tygers - and they don't like negativity

If someone treats the responses to all the threads in the Feedback forums as some kind of global conspiracy,...

> overzealous, much?

Far better than a stalker with too much time on his hands IMO.

> So what I need to know to be Java expert in Web and Desktop
> Applications?

Apart from the points already mentioned, I'd like to stress on reading good books/code. I've seen people churn out...

NumberFormat is an abstract class; use its static factory method to get your choice of number formatter.public class MainTest {

public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
...

The commas and the brackets are a part of the ArrayList class's toString() implementation. If you need your own row representation, either write your own method which does so or better yet, create a...

Anything placed in the JSP between the <%! %> tags [jsp declaration tag] is placed outside the service() method but inside the auto-generated servlet class. You can of course create a method...

No, you are not going stupid. :)

I guess I've stumbled upon something. Let's search for the post highlighted...

This issue was brought up & discussed (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread208180.html)to some lengths a couple of months back.

> As you can see I have no tags whatsoever in "plaintext"

This...

> Thought this was a feedback forum. If moderators/admins don't like
> honest feedback, why not have a "Daniweb Community Feedback" for
> ****-lickers only.

Keep things on topic; there is...

> i miss getting beat up by her.

You can of course pop in the Daniweb irc to get beaten down in real time... ;-)

*sigh* Some people never learn....

Closed.

> How could a firewall cause the problem? both computers are using the
> same firewall.

Probably a configuration issue. You might want to try turning off the firewall for a couple of minutes...

Most probably your browser is not set to accept cookies from Daniweb which is the mechanism used for session tracking. This might be because of the Firefox add-on you use or a firewall running on...

Sadly, this simple a thing becomes pretty clunky to implement when it comes to Java. A sample implementation might be something like:
class YourClass {

private static final List<String>...

After reading the FAQ, the two features which I found interesting were:
- No type hierarchy; this is a life safer given that the ridiculous amount of time OO programmers spend juggling with type...

> Is there something similar to this that I can use for a Java Web App?

Yes, you can either use the <jsp:include> standard action or tag files...

> The following program doesn't work in my Linux system's Mozilla firefox.
> Any help to fix this problem is appreciated

This isn't a browser problem. Make sure that your page which hosts EL...

> Thank you - my understanding of generic types is still somewhat limited.

When in doubt, always look at the standard library code which comes prepackaged with the JDK. For e.g. in this case,...

Read Why Runtime.exec() won't work? (http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2000/jw-1229-traps.html?page=1)

If you are using Java 1.5 or more, look into ProcessBuilder ...

> Does [0-9] need to be in quotes?

No, it needs to be placed inside forward slashes to be considered as a regular expression. Of course, if you place them inside quotes, you need to explicitly use...

> is it impossible to do it without that active x?

AFAIK, yes, it's not possible.

>Oh I see, you replaced the existing tags with spam.

Maybe you missed some of the important points of my previous post. My point being, if a member with zero posts can edit the tags for a given...

JNI would be too low level; try something like SWIG (http://www.swig.org/)or JNA (https://jna.dev.java.net/).

> All these colorful appearance of daniweb makes me get the impression
> that this site is friendly and supports freedom of speech until one ...
> turkish flagged my post as bad

This site...

Your second file is missing the class imports. I don't see the declaration of your `Convert' enum class. Your naming conventions are still off.

These are pretty simple error messages to hunt down...

A few observations:
- Always perform resource cleanup in the `finally' block to be rest assured that the cleanup indeed is performed even if the code ends up throwing an exception.
- The way you...

>Thanks a lot guys for the help!

Good luck with the remaining exercises.

> I will flag this as solved when I get my account fixed.

Done and done. :-)

Read the contract of the substring method; substring(4, 6) == 2 characters.

Also get in the habit of using uppercase characters for enums i.e. `BIN' instead of `bin'.

I did see it when I first logged in, but trying after around half an hour made it go away.

>I like the reputation system better

I personally feel that the reputation system is a complete fail and the point system introduced by StackOverflow is awesome. You get a vote-up if the answer is...

>that some couple getting married

Agree; marriage is surely a crazy thing! :-)

Thank you all; I really appreciate the trust Daniweb members have placed in me. Looking forward to a better Daniweb with your help and support. :-)

Oh and btw, the green color doesn't look that...