Xml not outputting data properly

[Shaolin]

Problem fixed. can a mod delete this thread.

[chazzy]

Your error checking's not returning any failures. At a basic, you can change this block of code

try {
	while (rs.next()) {
		userId = rs.getString("user_id");
		fname = rs.getString("first_name");
		lname = rs.getString("last_name");
		address = rs.getString("add1");
		
		Contacts contact = new Contacts();			//Create Class object
		contact.setDetails(userId,fname,lname,address);		//Set details into object
		contacts.add(contact);								//Place object into list				
	} rs.close();
} catch(SQLException ex) {ex.toString();}

to

try {
	while (rs.next()) {
		userId = rs.getString("user_id");
		fname = rs.getString("first_name");
		lname = rs.getString("last_name");
		address = rs.getString("add1");
		
		Contacts contact = new Contacts();			//Create Class object
		contact.setDetails(userId,fname,lname,address);		//Set details into object
		contacts.add(contact);								//Place object into list				
	} rs.close();
} catch(SQLException ex) {
System.err.println("**** sql exception begin ****");
ex.printStackTrace(System.err);
}

Then take a look at wherever your system.err is pointing to.

[Shaolin]

Thanks chazzy. I am in need of some more advice if you dont mind. Since my app is being developed with ajax, building pages using dom is way too long, so instead I have a servlet request which basically spits out the required html and then I use innerHTML to insert to content into to page. With dynamic content I use XML/DOM to build the tables/divs and then insert them into the html. The servlet processes both the html/xml GET requests. Now, does this sound like a good way of doing things ?