Database location in Applet

Hi guys
I'm not an expert in java, so sorry if i'm doing a simple question ;)
I have a java applet that use the postgres jar file to connect to a database, my question is: how can the applet know the database location? if it was a static location would be embuted inside code, but could be any address and authentication...
I hope that information is enougth...
Thanks,
Paulo

Paulo,
In order to access a database from an applet you usually need to make the applet a signed applet and you need to download the JDBC driver together with the applet.
There is plenty of information on the Internet about how to make signed applets and how to download JAR archives together with your applet.
Alternatively, you could use JSP (Java ServerPages) and/or servlets.
The JSTL (JSP standard taglib library) has a set of "SQL" tags specifically for allowing a JSP to interact with a database.
Somewhere, some piece of software needs to know the connection details for the database. There are several ways to do this. If you use a servlet, then the servlet needs to know. Or you could use a properties file downloaded with your applet, or you could do it the most popular way and use PHP (instead of java ;-), or an application server.
Good Luck,
Avi.
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