> Hi I am very new to Java, and am using jdev to get data from a oracle 9 db
> No problems so far
> but my question is that the data output is always in a output box, how / can
> I load this data into a variable to I can programmatically play with it
You need to look at how to use the JDBC API to access the database
programmatically. Start here:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/jdbc/basics/index.html

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