Here's is a code snippet to connect to a database through JSP:

java Code:
  1. String driver = "org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver";
  2.         String dbName="C:\\databases\\mydb";
  3.         String connectionURL = "jdbc:derby:" + dbName;
  4.        
  5.         try {
  6.             Class.forName(driver);
  7.         } catch(java.lang.ClassNotFoundException e) {
  8.             e.printStackTrace();
  9.         }
  10.        
  11.         try {
  12.             conn = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionURL);
  13.         } catch (Throwable e) {  
  14.             e.printStackTrace();
  15.         }
  16.  
  17.         stmt = conn.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE, ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY);

This is for a Derby database, not PostgreSQL, but I'm assuming if you find the appropriate driver, it shouldn't require many changes!