Jsp accessing a database

Question

is it possible for two jsp files to access the same database????
i have the following code and im not sure if its the code thats causing my errors or if its how i have my datbase setup.
<%
if (request.getMethod().equals("POST")) {
%>
<jsp:useBean id="user" class="com.jguru.GetRoute">
<jsp:setProperty name="user" property="*"/>
</jsp:useBean>
<p>
<hr>
<font color=green>
<b>You submitted:<P>
Start Town = :</b><br>
<jsp:getProperty name="user" property="startTown"/><br>
<br>
<%-- Connect to the database--%>
<%
String data = "jdbc:odbc:Routes.mdb";
String query = "Select * FROM Table1";
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
java.sql.Connection connection = java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(data);
java.sql.Statement s = connection.createStatement();
java.sql.ResultSet record = s.executeQuery(query);
while(record.next())
     %><br><br><%=record.getString("Towns")%> <%=record.getInt("Distance") %> <%=record.getString("Road") %><br><br><%
connection.close();
%>
<%
%>

Answer 1

String data = "jdbc:odbc:Routes.mdb";JDBC URLs have the format:
jdbc:<subprotocal>:<data source identifier>
You should use SystemDSN, not your database name here. After you set up System DSN i.e. RoutesDSN,(Start->Settings->Control Panel->ODBC Data Sources -> System DSN ->Add... ) then using
String data = "jdbc:odbc:RoutesDSN";
If you get error, post your error message.