<% // scriptlet to determine exception type // and output beginning of error message if ( exception instanceof SQLException ) { %> A SQLException <% } // end if else if ( exception instanceof ClassNotFoundException ) { %> A ClassNotFoundException <% } // end else if else { %> An exception <% } // end else %> <%-- end scriptlet to insert fixed template data --%> <%-- continue error message output --%> occurred while interacting with the guestbook database.

The error message was:
<%= exception.getMessage() %>

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