Problem passing PreparedStatement

[Mike London]

In the ServletContext of a Servlet I am creating and storing a PreparedStatement "object".
Then, in a JSP page, I'm trying to get the PreparedStaement object back into a local variable with code like this:
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java.sql.PreparedStatement ps = (PreparedStatement) application.getAttribute("psGetMessages");
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The problem is that when I pass the "ps" variable to a method that's expecting a PreparedStatement, I get an exception. What seems to be being passed is a ***String*** of the SQL Statement not a pure PreparedStatement object reference.
When I did a System.out.println("Prepared Statement = " + ps), I see that Java reports it's a PreparedStatement AND it includes the SQL!
The Servlet-JSP method above works fine for a regular Statement object stored in the ServletContext and retrieved later in a JSP.
So, my question is how do I store a proper reference for a PreparedStatement that I can later retrieve in a JSP page and then pass ot a method, or whatever, to store something in the database?
Thanks much in advance for any help or ideas!
-- Mike

[Mike London]

Please disregard this message thread.
I was using the incorrect PreparedStatement.
The problem is now resloved.
-- Mike