Adding text to a text area

Question

Im trying to add text from a result set to a text area but the text simply isnt showing.
When i try
String s =(res.getString("OrderID"));
System.out.println(s);
it prints the corretc result to the screen.
However, when i try
String s =(res.getString("OrderID"));
txtArea.append(s); nothing happens to the text area
Also txtArea.append(res.getString("OrderID"));
doesnt work.
What am i doing wrong???

Answer 1

ok the append is working now, but the thing is is that its sending the info to the textarea twice??????? here's my code
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent ie) // Item event handling
if (ie.getSource().equals(cmbCustomerID))
CID = cmbCustomerID.getSelectedItem().toString();
try
//connect to database
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
System.out.println("Drivers loaded");
String url = "jdbc:odbc:wms";
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url,"root","");
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
ResultSet res = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT OrderID,CustomerID, ProductDescription, ProductCost FROM orderhistory WHERE CustomerDescription ='"+CID+"'");
while(res.next())
txtCustomerID.setText(res.getString("CustomerID"));
txtArea.append("ORDER ID: " + res.getString("OrderID")+ "\n" );
txtArea.append("Product Description: " + res.getString("ProductDescription" )+"\n");
txtArea.append("Product Cost: " + res.getString("ProductCost")+"\n");
con.close();
catch(Exception e)