Try:
password.equals("")

Mark

On 5 Jun 00, at 13:01, Phil Perks wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: aseem [mailto:aseem@o...]
> Sent: 03 June 2000 14:07
> To: Phil Perks
> Subject: hi! ....problem Regarding the validation....in the JDBC....
> Importance: High
> 
> 
> hi phil!
> 
> well i am facing a problem regarding the login and password field
> check.., suppose i made the method to check ..the user name and the
> Password...and i have connected it with the database let it be Oracle or
> MSaccess, so suppose i leave the password field blank field  or the user
> name field blank during the validation , so is there any method is Java
> which checks the empty password and tells that the field is empty..well
> i tried out
> like if field name.equals(null)..but it doesn't works..........., so
> please suggest some thing else or if this is the method then how to use
> it..tell me as this is very urgent to me...
> 
> if u feel there should be some other method tell me i will be
> obliged....
> 
> waiting for the reply.......
> Regards
> Aseem
> 
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