How to use % wildcard in jdbc plz help me

Question

Hello all,
try
     PreparedStatement st=dbcon.prepareStatement("select * from stud2  where ename=? ");
st.setString(1,ename+"%");
ResultSet rs=st.executeQuery();
while(rs.next())
out.println("<td>");
out.println(rs.getString(2));//this field is for name
out.println(rs.getString(3));//this is for addresss
}catch(Exception e){}This code is in servlets,and iam using MS-ACCESS as database.
in this way iam trying this code , usage of %wild card but iam not getting the right anser, i want the anser if i will type any letter it should search the database and display me all names of that letter
plz help me solving this problem
vidya.

Answer 1

PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement("select blah from blah where blah like ?");
ps.setString(1, "a%"); // everything that starts with 'a'
rs = ps.executeQuery();