hi i am trying to use scrollable resultset by using following code. Statement stmt = con.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE,ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY); ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("select empl_no from empmst"); while(rs.next()){ System.out.println(rs.getString(1)); } stmt.close(); it is compiling but at run time its trowing the exception Exception in thread "main" java.lang.AbstractMethodError if somebody knows how to proceed then pls reply thanks vaishali