Applet limitation

I need to make a program that can read and write to a socket and connect to a database. Can I use applet for this? I've heard that applet have some limitation.

thanx

[179 byte] By [firstalliancea] at [2007-11-27 11:19:33]
# 1

it should be Signed Applet

gagnma at 2007-7-29 14:37:23 > top of Java-index,Desktop,Core GUI APIs...
# 2

No, no - when the database is on the same server which serves the applet, the applet does not need to signed. Same thing with sockets, as far as I remember.

mack3457a at 2007-7-29 14:37:23 > top of Java-index,Desktop,Core GUI APIs...