I found this during my research, I guess it just needs more googlin'

Thanks for the help.

awmygosh its so hard to read.

well, when i use filereader/writer i use try catch finally, I dont know if that will help you though. why are all your variables funnily named? what kind of project is this for, if you dont mind me asking?

thanks!

yeeey it all works! for some reason I cant +1 posts, sorry

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.File;

//class sentenceCounter {
//    public static int count(String str) {
//        String delim = " ";
//        String[] words;
//        words = str.split(delim);
//        return words.length;
//    }
//}

class fileCounter {
    public static int count(String file) throws IOException {  
        FileReader inputStream = null; 
        StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();        
        try {
            inputStream = new FileReader(file);
            int c;
            while ((c = inputStream.read()) != -1) {
                writer.write(c);
            }
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            System.out.println(file + " does not exist.");
        } finally {
            if (inputStream != null) {
                inputStream.close();
            }
            if (writer != null) {
                writer.close();
            }
        }
        String str = writer.toString();
        String delim = " ";
        String[] words;
        words = str.split(delim);
        return words.length;
    }
}

class wordCount {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
            System.out.println("Type the text file name here, then press enter: ");
            Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
            String name = scan.nextLine();
            File findFile = new File(name);
            if (findFile.isFile() != false) {
                System.out.println("Your file contains " + fileCounter.count(name) + " words.");
            } else {
                fileCounter.count(name);
            }
    }
}

more info?? what database are you using?