diff --git a/src/main/java/servlet/Database.java b/src/main/java/servlet/Database.java
index 89edd0b..c63186f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/servlet/Database.java
+++ b/src/main/java/servlet/Database.java
@@ -51,16 +51,25 @@ public class Database implements AutoCloseable {
 		// Using the try-with-resources syntax, this will call ps.close() automatically
 	}
 
-	public boolean addAnswer(String name, int answerOne, int answerTwo, int answerThree, int answerFour) {
+	public boolean addAnswer(String name, String answerOne, String answerTwo, String answerThree, String answerFour) {
 		String sql = "insert into Answer (answerOne, answerTwo, answerThree, answerFour, name) values(?,?,?,?,?)";
 
 		try(PreparedStatement ps = conn.prepareStatement(sql)) {
-			
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			// TODO: handle exception
-			return false;
+			ps.setString(1, answerOne);
+			ps.setString(2, answerTwo);
+			ps.setString(3, answerThree);
+			ps.setString(4, answerFour);
+			ps.setString(5, name);
+			return true;
+		} catch (SQLException e) {
+			if(e.getErrorCode()==1062 && e.getSQLState().equals("23000")) { 
+		    	// duplicate key error
+		    	System.out.println(name + " already exists in the database"); 
+		} else {
+			printSqlError(e);
 		}
 		return false; 
+	}
 
 	}
 	
diff --git a/src/main/java/servlet/Dump.java b/src/main/java/servlet/Dump.java
index a8f88ba..ff3ef1e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/servlet/Dump.java
+++ b/src/main/java/servlet/Dump.java
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ public class Dump extends HttpServlet {
     	return value > 0 && value <11;
     }
         
+	/// Write fn that takes params and inputs to db, returns true if succ else false if fail
+	// test(str a, str b, str c)
+protected boolean updateAnswers(String answerOne, String answerTwo) (
+	/// logic
+	
+	return true;
+)
+
 	/**
 	 * @see HttpServlet#doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
 	 */
diff --git a/src/main/java/servlet/Survey.java b/src/main/java/servlet/Survey.java
index bc71a6a..7331ed2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/servlet/Survey.java
+++ b/src/main/java/servlet/Survey.java
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ public class Survey extends HttpServlet {
 						s12 = Integer.parseInt(s12String);
 						s13 = Integer.parseInt(s13String);
 						s14 = Integer.parseInt(s14String);
+
+						String str = s11String+s12String+s13String;
 					} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
 						valuesOk = false;
 					}