Using a session object to hold the value of a record set?

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to hold the value of a record set (or literally the content of a column in a query in a db) in a session variable so that I can call on this later and insert into another table.
I'm not sure of the correct syntax, I've already made a connection to the DB. I'm trying the following but it doesnt seem to like the code:
<% session.setAttribute("code",rs("column_name")); %>
<%String attrib =
String.valueOf ( session.getAttribute("code")); %>
Hello <%= attrib %>
Any ideas, I dont know how to reference the record set, I declared the recordset previously as rs. Help! Can't find examples anywhere on the net!

Answer 1

So just to recap. I appear to be seeing the column name "custorderno" within the Microsoft Access query "lastcust". But I get "no data found" when I run the following code (which I have sectioned off)
<!-- connect to database and lastcust query --!>
<%
try{
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver").newInstance();
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=C:/Tomcat/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.31/webapps/ROOT/Oatcake.mdb","","");
Statement statement = conn.createStatement();
String sql = "SELECT * FROM lastcust";
ResultSet rs = statement.executeQuery(sql);
while (rs.next()) {
%>
<TR><TD><%= rs.getString("custorderno") %></TD>
</TR>
<% session.setAttribute("code",rs.getString("custorderno")); %>
<% String attrib =
String.valueOf ( session.getAttribute("code") ); %>
Hello <%= attrib %> [B]
<%
%>
</TABLE>
<%
if (statement != null)
statement.close();
if (conn != null)
conn.close();
catch (Exception e) {out.print(e);}
%>
</BODY>
</HTML>
No as mentioned I am (as you can see) declaring everything as a string when in actual fact the contents of the "custorderno" within the query is set to a autonumber within MS Access.
The while loop does work by returning the contents but the session object part is not working correctly with the following result returned:
[B]java.sql.SQLException: No Data Found
Help please!