@Override
  protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
      throws ServletException, IOException {

    // get a connection
    ConnectionPool pool = ConnectionPool.getInstance();
    Connection connection = pool.getConnection();

    String sqlStatement = request.getParameter("sqlStatement");
    String sqlResult = "";
    try {
      // create a statement
      Statement statement = connection.createStatement();

      // parse the SQL string
      sqlStatement = sqlStatement.trim();
      if (sqlStatement.length() >= 6) {
        String sqlType = sqlStatement.substring(0, 6);
        if (sqlType.equalsIgnoreCase("select")) {
          // create the HTML for the result set
          ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery(sqlStatement);
          sqlResult = SQLUtil.getHtmlTable(resultSet);
          resultSet.close();
        } else {
          int i = statement.executeUpdate(sqlStatement);
          if (i == 0) {
            sqlResult = "<p>The statement executed successfully.</p>";
          } else { // an INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement
            sqlResult = "<p>The statement executed successfully.<br>" + i + " row(s) affected.</p>";
          }
        }
      }
      statement.close();
      connection.close();
    } catch (SQLException e) {
      sqlResult = "<p>Error executing the SQL statement: <br>" + e.getMessage() + "</p>";
    } finally {
      pool.freeConnection(connection);
    }

    HttpSession session = request.getSession();
    session.setAttribute("sqlResult", sqlResult);
    session.setAttribute("sqlStatement", sqlStatement);

    String url = "/index.jsp";
    getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher(url).forward(request, response);
  }