Directories within each archive contain the examples from Database Programming with JDBC and Java, 2nd Edition. Each example that is specific to a particular chapter appears in the subdirectory named for that chapter. For example, the GuestBookServlet class from Chapter 3 appears in the chapter3/ directory. The examples that span multiple chapters, such as the code from the banking application, appear in the etc/ directory. Any example that requires any special information to get it running has that information listed in the README in the example's directory. For example, directions on how to run the banking application appear in etc/README. You are granted full, unrestricted permission to use all of the example code from my book in any way, shape or form. You do not need to email me or O'Reilly requesting permission. It would be nice, however, to hear about places in which it is being used, so please do drop me an email! If you have any troubles, please do not hesitate to contact me. My email address (which I do not publish here for fear of harvesting by spammers) is in the Preface of the book. George Reese August 2000