public class Servlet extends HttpServlet { private final static String driverClass="org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver"; private final static String connectionURL="jdbc:derby:/home/dion/pub/derby/gb"; public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { try { System.out.println("Class.forName()"); Class.forName(driverClass); System.out.println("getConnection()"); Connection con_ = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionURL); System.out.println("done"); } catch (SQLException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); out.println("It works"); } }