help me in getting the meaning of oracle or jsp statemnt

hi everyone,
i'm working with a jsp code which uses oracle as backend i come across  a statement like this

rs2=st2.executeQuery("select name from emp where ecode='"+ecode+"'");

what the + mean in --"+ecode+"
is it related to jsp or oracle,
help me in bebuging the code
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kasi Received on Tue Mar 25 2003 - 02:08:56 CST