Help for a JDBC dummy

Question

OK I'm new to this and would love someone's help.
I'm trying to just access a mySQL DB to check a user's name and password after the user enters name and password then clicks on login button. This code generates the page but when you enter the user name and password it blanks the password and doesn't output the text message.
How do you tie together the WHERE PW = ? with the password entered field? I've tried to do it in the logon_action but it doesn't seem to be the way to do it.
Any help greatly appreciated.
RA
[codepublic class Page1 extends AbstractPageBean {
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Creator-managed Component Definition">
    private int __placeholder;
    private HtmlForm form1 = new HtmlForm();
    public HtmlForm getForm1() {
        return form1;
public void setForm1(HtmlForm hf) {
this.form1 = hf;
private HtmlOutputText userName1 = new HtmlOutputText();
public HtmlOutputText getUserName1() {
return userName1;
public void setUserName1(HtmlOutputText hot) {
this.userName1 = hot;
private HtmlInputText user = new HtmlInputText();
public HtmlInputText getUser() {
return user;
public void setUser(HtmlInputText hit) {
this.user = hit;
private HtmlOutputText password = new HtmlOutputText();
public HtmlOutputText getPassword() {
return password;
public void setPassword(HtmlOutputText hot) {
this.password = hot;
private HtmlInputSecret password1 = new HtmlInputSecret();
public HtmlInputSecret getPassword1() {
return password1;
public void setPassword1(HtmlInputSecret his) {
this.password1 = his;
private HtmlGraphicImage image1 = new HtmlGraphicImage();
public HtmlGraphicImage getImage1() {
return image1;
public void setImage1(HtmlGraphicImage hgi) {
this.image1 = hgi;
private HtmlOutputText outputText1 = new HtmlOutputText();
public HtmlOutputText getOutputText1() {
return outputText1;
public void setOutputText1(HtmlOutputText hot) {
this.outputText1 = hot;
private HtmlCommandButton logon = new HtmlCommandButton();
public HtmlCommandButton getLogon() {
return logon;
public void setLogon(HtmlCommandButton hcb) {
this.logon = hcb;
private JdbcRowSetXImpl usersRowSet = new JdbcRowSetXImpl();
public JdbcRowSetXImpl getUsersRowSet() {
return usersRowSet;
public void setUsersRowSet(JdbcRowSetXImpl jrsxi) {
this.usersRowSet = jrsxi;
private HtmlOutputText outputText2 = new HtmlOutputText();
public HtmlOutputText getOutputText2() {
return outputText2;
public void setOutputText2(HtmlOutputText hot) {
this.outputText2 = hot;
private HtmlMessage inlineMessage1 = new HtmlMessage();
public HtmlMessage getInlineMessage1() {
return inlineMessage1;
public void setInlineMessage1(HtmlMessage hm) {
this.inlineMessage1 = hm;
private HtmlMessages messageList1 = new HtmlMessages();
public HtmlMessages getMessageList1() {
return messageList1;
public void setMessageList1(HtmlMessages hm) {
this.messageList1 = hm;
// </editor-fold>
public Page1() {
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Creator-managed Component Initialization">
try {
usersRowSet.setDataSourceName("java:comp/env/jdbc/api");
usersRowSet.setCommand("SELECT ALL users.User_Name, users.PW FROM users WHERE users.User_Name=?");
} catch (Exception e) {
log("Page1 Initialization Failure", e);
throw e instanceof javax.faces.FacesException ? (FacesException) e : new FacesException(e);
// </editor-fold>
// Additional user provided initialization code
protected serviceact.SessionBean1 getSessionBean1() {
return (serviceact.SessionBean1)getBean("SessionBean1");
protected serviceact.ApplicationBean1 getApplicationBean1() {
return (serviceact.ApplicationBean1)getBean("ApplicationBean1");
* Bean cleanup.
protected void afterRenderResponse() {
usersRowSet.close();
public void user_processValueChange(ValueChangeEvent vce) {
// User event code here...
public String logon_action() {
// User event code here...
String msg = "";
String username = (String) user.getValue();
String pw = (String) password1.getValue();
String getPW = "";
try {
usersRowSet.setCommand("SELECT User_Name,PW FROM users WHERE User_Name ="+username);
usersRowSet.execute();
usersRowSet.next();
outputText2.setValue("What the hell is going on?");
if (usersRowSet.isAfterLast()) {
msg = "User not found!";
else {
getPW = usersRowSet.getString("PW");
if (getPW != pw) msg= "Password invalid!";
else msg="User Logged On!";
msg = username+" "+msg;
catch (java.sql.SQLException ex) {
log("Failed to execute logon method " + ex);
} catch (Exception e) {
error("Update Exception: " + e);
//outputText2.setValue(msg);
return null;
]

Answer 1

Hi,
The "Using Databound Components to Access Databases" tutorial will be of immense help to solve your problem. For steps on how to pass a parameter you will find the answer on page 6. Kindly go through this tutorial completely.
You could also go through the code of the AppModel sample application.
Hope this helps you.
Cheers :-)