Insert data in mysql database through jsp using Prepared Statement ---- Please Resolve it

I have tried the following code
Database creation: create database studentdb;
create table stu_info (
ID int not null auto_increment,
Name varchar(20),
City varchar(20),
Phone varchar(15),
primary key(ID)
);

datainsertion.jsp:
<%@ page import="java.sql.*" %>

<%@ page import="java.io.*" %>

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE>Navigating in a Database Table </TITLE>

</HEAD>

<BODY bgcolor="#ffffcc">

<font size="+3" color="red"><br>Welcome Guest !</font>

<FORM action="databaseinsertion.jsp" method="get">

<TABLE style="background-color: #ECE5B6;" WIDTH="30%" >

<TR>

<TH width="50%">Name</TH>

<TD width="50%"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="name"></TD>

</tr>

<TR>

<TH width="50%">City</TH>

<TD width="50%"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="city"></TD>

</tr>

<TR>

<TH width="50%">Phone</TH>

<TD width="50%"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="phone"></TD>

</tr>

<TR>

<TH></TH>

<TD width="50%"><INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="submit"></TD>

</tr>

</TABLE>

<%

String name = request.getParameter("name");

String city = request.getParameter("city");

String phone = request.getParameter("phone");

String connectionURL ="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/studentdb";

Connection connection = null;

PreparedStatement pstatement = null;

Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();

int updateQuery=0;

if(name!=null && city!=null && phone!=null){

if(name!="" && city!="" && phone!="") {

try {

connection = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionURL,"root","root");

String queryString = "INSERT INTO stu_info(Name,City,Phone) VALUES (?, 

?, ?)";

pstatement = connection.prepareStatement(queryString);

pstatement.setString(1, name);

pstatement.setString(2, city);

pstatement.setString(3, phone);

updateQuery = pstatement.executeUpdate();

if (updateQuery != 0) { %>

<br>

<TABLE style="background-color: #E3E4FA;" WIDTH="30%" border="1">

<tr><th>Data is inserted successfully in database.</th></tr>

</table>

<%

}

}

catch (Exception ex) {

out.println("Unable to connect to batabase.");

}

finally {

pstatement.close();

connection.close();

}

}

}

%>

</FORM>

</body>

</html>



While running this code on tomcat server i caught with following exception after clicking on submit button- 

exception

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: An exception occurred processing JSP page /databaseinsertion.jsp at line 117

114: 
115: finally {
116: 
117: pstatement.close();
118: 
119: connection.close();
120: 


Stacktrace:
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:521)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:430)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:313)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:260)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
root cause

java.lang.NullPointerException
org.apache.jsp.databaseinsertion_jsp._jspService(databaseinsertion_jsp.java:172)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:388)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:313)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:260)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/6.0.35 logs.

iam unable to find what was wrong!!!!!
Please Resolve it , thanks in advance
View Answers
October 3, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Please visit the following link:
http://www.roseindia.net/jsp/prepared-statement-query.shtml