Problem with database using JSP

Question

Hi
i am developing one application which uses JSP ..to connect to the database..at present i am using MS-access for the data storage...
I have two pages in one page there is a form where user fills all the details and once submit the information based on the form has to fetch the data from the backend...i have a problem ..if i hard code the corresponding column name in the JSP page it is getting all the data but if i get it from request.getParameter("")( which i am supposed to be from the form) i am getting no records..
take a look at the code below and let me know...
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
java.sql.Connection conn= java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:asiafinity");
java.sql.Statement stmt=conn.createStatement();
/* If i print a value from the previous pages its showing but its not going to the database with query statement..
// String str1=request.getParameter("religion");
// System.out.println(str1);
/* If i hardcode the corresponding columun data its querrying the data
String str1="hindu";
String sqlquery="select * from userprofile where religion='"+str1+"'";
System.out.println(str1);
java.sql.ResultSet cols=stmt.executeQuery(sqlquery);
     while(cols.next()){
String gen=cols.getString("gender");
String age=cols.getString("age");
String rel=cols.getString("religion");
String cul=cols.getString("culture");
String loc=cols.getString("location");
String pro=cols.getString("profession");
String uname=cols.getString("username"); %>
<tr><td><a href="<%=uname%>"><%=uname%></td>
<td><%= gen %></td>
<td><%= age %> </td>
<td><%= rel %> </td>
<td><%= cul %> </td>
<td><%= loc %></td>
<td><%= pro %></td>
</tr>
          <% } %>
Please help me out..i know this is an simple problem
Thanks & Regards
Gnanesh
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Answer 1

String str1=request.getParameter("religion");
String sqlquery="select * from userprofile where religion='"+str1+"'";
System.out.println(sqlquery);
try it and tell me what happens