I know a little~~~~~~~~~ :)

[ping Ro.]

first,install java and jdbc on your machine;
you'd better install SQL 2000 on your;and my OP is Windows 2000
advanced server,which surport SQL 2000 Server;For this,I give up
Winxp
and Win98;
then,Install a driver on your machine.
and I use jdbc-odbc
now you can program java application;Jav a applet is a little
difficult,becau se
it's usual forbidden to do this,but you can change this.
now I list my code:
import java.sql.*;

public class Test002 extends {
public Connection con;
public Statement st;
public ResultSet result;
public void init()throws Exception{

Class.forName(" sun.jdbc.odbc.J dbcOdbcDriver") ;//加载驱动程序

this.con=Driver Manager.getConn ection("jdbc:od bc:JDBC-ODBC");//取得数据源并进行连 接

this.st=this.co n.createStateme nt();

}
public void paint()throws Exception{
this.result=thi s.st.executeQue ry("SELECT * FROM authors");
while(this.resu lt.next()){

System.out.prin t(this.result.g etString(1)+" "+'\t');

System.out.prin t(this.result.g etString(2)+" "+'\t');

System.out.prin t(this.result.g etString(3)+" "+'\t');

System.out.prin tln();}

}

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
Test002 test = new Test002();

test.init();
test.paint();
test.con.close( );
}

}