Can an Applet determine the HOST name?

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From: Gene Lett
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 00:00

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Anyone know of an easy way an Applet can determine which machine (i.e.
hostname) it is being run from (short of reading it from a file hosted on
the same machine)? 

I need this to enable the applet to dynamically build JDBC Connection URL
for access a database residing on the host.

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Date: 1998/02/10
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