Mm.mysql JDBC Driver and the WHERE clause

Question

Anybody has succesfully performed a MySQL/JDBC query in a JSP application using more than one variable in the WHERE clause?
It works fine when I run queries with one fixed value assigned to a column and one variable assigned to the other column in the WHERE clause; but when I do it with more than one variable in the WHERE clause, it screws up throwing an error.
I wonder if it is a code error, a syntax error or if it is something tricky about the mm.mysql JDBC Driver. Following is a section of the code and the error. The variables are s_description and s_status. I read some examples in a book but they use SQL Server. Thank you in advance for any information.
CODE:
<% String sqlStatement = "" ; %>
<% String s_description = "Mexican Style Rice" ; %>
<% String s_status = "available" ; %>
<% java.sql.Statement stmt = con.createStatement(java.sql.ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE, java.sql.ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE); %>
<% java.sql.ResultSet rs ; %>
<% sqlStatement = "SELECT code, description, status FROM products WHERE products.description =" + s_description + " AND products.status =" + s_status + ";" ;%>
<% rs = stmt.executeQuery(sqlStatement); %>
<% rs.beforeFirst(); %>
<% while (rs.next()) { %>
<% rs.updateString(3, "sold"); %>
<% rs.updateRow(); %>
<% }%>
<% rs.close(); %>
This is the ERROR it throws
java.sql.SQLException: Column not found: Unknown column 'available' in 'where clause'
     at org.gjt.mm.mysql.MysqlIO.sendCommand(MysqlIO.java:497)
     at org.gjt.mm.mysql.MysqlIO.sqlQueryDirect(MysqlIO.java:550)
     at org.gjt.mm.mysql.MysqlIO.sqlQuery(MysqlIO.java:635)
     at org.gjt.mm.mysql.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:882)
     at org.gjt.mm.mysql.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:815)
     at org.gjt.mm.mysql.Statement.executeQuery(Statement.java:169)
     at org.gjt.mm.mysql.jdbc2.Statement.executeQuery(Statement.java:78)
     at pagecompile._GetFood_xjsp._jspService(_GetFood_xjsp.java:45)
     at com.newatlanta.servletexec.JSP10HttpJspPage.service(JSP10HttpJspPage.java:41)
     at com.newatlanta.servletexec.JSP10Servlet.service(JSP10Servlet.java:779)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
     at com.newatlanta.servletexec.ServletExec.CallServletService(ServletExec.java:1679)
     at com.newatlanta.servletexec.ServletExec.processServletRequest(ServletExec.java:1654)
     at com.newatlanta.servletexec.ServletExec.processServletAlias(ServletExec.java:1602)
     at com.newatlanta.servletexec.ServletExec.ProcessRequest(ServletExec.java:1343)
     at com.newatlanta.servletexec.ServletExec.ProcessRequest(ServletExec.java:1113)

Answer 1

I think perhaps this sentence has problems:
<% sqlStatement = "SELECT code, description, status FROM products WHERE products.description =" + s_description + " AND products.status =" + s_status + ";" ;%>
You can
<% sqlStatement = "SELECT code, description, status FROM products WHERE products.description ='" + s_description + "' AND products.status = '" + s_status + "'" ;%>
You perhaps ignore the ���� when using String variable s_description and s_status.
Hope this will help you. Good lucky!