Jon Miller

Thanks Tim, I hadn't considered firewalls which suddenly make this proposition totally impractical!

I've been using JDBC with JSP's recently, and I have been wondering about applets and JDBC.
If the security policy is adhered to (i.e the applet code and database are located at the same address) and the JDBC driver used is supported by the browsers JVM. Can I make a direct connection from the applet to the database? and to enable this how do I get the applet to automatically download the driver? Can I simply specify the internet address and driver in the argument to
Class.forName("www.somewhere/org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver").newInstance();

Visited the USA (from UK) for Sturgis bike week recently. Became honory member of 'Moose piss club'(a strong alcoholic drink) at the 'Mangy Moose Saloon', Riverside (Pop. 59), Wyoming. Drove up extremely steep Big Horn Mountain and saw a real life Moose living at the top. Also saw much stuffed Moose. Impressed with USA and Moose. Pleased to see Javaranch still has moosebig.gif.
More Moose anyone?

Thanks for your congrats folks.
I should have mentioned that I did a couple of other java exams along the way (available in UK): Association of Computer Professionals (ACP) initial award in Java (a relatively easy written exam), and a City & Guilds level 3 in object orientated programming using Java.
The City & Guilds involved 12 hours of practical exam and was very usefull for AWT/GUI as well as program logic generally.
The first half of the SCJP2 had some very tricky questions, harder than I had seen in most of the practice questions / test engines used(this gave me a shock as I thought that I was very well prepared --- my advice if this happens to you stay calm!)
The second half was similar to most test engines available.
I had been achieving an average of 90% in practice.
Thread questions were tough and so were Operators and Assignment questions(unusually), but at least I passed first time!

From the code originally submitted I would have to agree with the last posting!

JWhiz is closer to the exam GUI. In the actual exam you can maximise, minimise and tile (put it in a frame taking the lower half of the display area) the exhibit. There is an option to 'mark' the question to revisit it and at the end you can review all the questions to see any you have marked or not answered.

From scratch, approx 300 days and 1500 hours studying. Passed yesterday with 80%. Would like to thank Simon Roberts et al., Khalid A. Mughal et al., Bill Brogden, Bruce Eckel,Javaranch.com, JWhiz.com (excellent tests), JCertify(good in practice mode), Anyone who has ever posted a reply on a forum or resources on the web AND of course Sun for their inspiration and resources. It's been harder than an honours degree in Chemistry or teaching in secondary school but even more rewarding!
Cheers
Jon.