Following is the code for doPost(...) method of a Servlet which deletes records from a table based upon the parameter provided by the html from.
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
response.setContentType(CONTENT_TYPE);
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
out.println("<html>");
out.println("<head><title>Item deleted</title></head>");
out.println("<body bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">");
out.println("<p>The given Item is removed from the Cart.</p>");
out.println("</body></html>");
try{
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:books");
Statement st = con.createStatement();
int i= st.executeUpdate("delete * from cart where itemid like
"+request.getParameter("delete"));
}catch(Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
}