Microsoft Access is slow??

Question

I have an application that connects to an Access database. I can connect and search the database with no problems. My problem arises when I try to add a record to the database. When I run the code, there are no exceptions and the code completes successfully, but the record does not get added. IF I take the same code with no changes and step through it with the debugger in my IDE (currently Eclipse, but also works the same in other IDE's that I have) it adds the record to the database with no problem. Now this would be fine if I was the only one adding records to the database (not really, but....) but the users can't do this.
Is this a bug or an issue that is known or is this, as usual, a fluke that only affects me?
Thank you in advance for any advice / assistance you can give me.
Code is posted below..
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import java.sql.*;
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public class AddID {
public static void AddIDs() {
try {
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
String database = "jdbc:odbc:driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=c:\\searchapp\\oldLogins.mdb";
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(database, "", "");
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
     // test block
String empID = "99883";
String efnme = "Test";
String elnme = "Case3";
String effDate = "05/25/2005";
String ISO = "GP3SGS";
String acfID = "GP3FFE, GP4SDS";
String otisID = "DSOFRG, GP5RRR";
String inGenQuery = ("INSERT INTO oldLogins(EmplID, LastName, FirstName, EffDate, SecAnalyst) " +
               "Values('" + empID     +
                              "','" + elnme +
                              "','" + efnme +
                              "'," + effDate +
                              ",'" + ISO + "')");
System.out.println("Now executing the Query..");
     stmt.executeUpdate(inGenQuery);
System.out.println("Finished executing Query..");
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
public static void main(String[] args){
     System.out.println("--------------Invoking class-------------");
     AddIDs();
     System.out.println("---------------Ending class--------------");
}

Answer 1

Well, now this still isn't totally working.... When going through a series of inserts, the last insert does not work UNLESS I step through a debugger again..
Arrrggghhh!
import java.sql.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ListIterator;
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    public class AddID {
       public static void AddIDs() {
           // test block
             int    thsID = 0;
         String empID = "99887";
         String efnme = "Test";
         String elnme = "Case7";
         String effDate = "05/05/2005";
         String ISO = "GP3SGS";
         String acfID = "GP3FFE, GP4SDS";
         String otisID = null;
         try {
            Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
            String database = "jdbc:odbc:driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=Q:\\MyDBPath\\oldLogins.mdb";
            Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(database, "", "");
            Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
            String ds = effDate;
            DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance();
            try {
               Date d = (Date) df.parse(ds);
            catch(ParseException e) {
               System.out.println("Unable to parse " + ds);
            String inGenQuery = ("INSERT INTO oldLogins(EmplID, LastName, FirstName, EffDate, SecAnalyst) " +
                               "Values('" + empID     +
                                              "','" + elnme +
                                              "','" + efnme +
                                              "'," + effDate +
                                              ",'" + ISO + "')");
            int returned = stmt.executeUpdate(inGenQuery);
            // System.out.println(returned);
              String getIDQuery = ("Select ID from oldLogins " +
                                         "WHERE EmplID = '" + empID + "'");
              ResultSet id_rs = stmt.executeQuery(getIDQuery);
              while(id_rs.next()){
                   thsID = id_rs.getInt("ID");
              String acfQuery = ("");
              String otisQuery = ("");
              if(acfID != null){
                  List al = Arrays.asList(acfID.split(",") );
                  ListIterator alit = al.listIterator();
                   String a = "";
                   while(alit.hasNext()){
                        a = (String) alit.next();
                        acfQuery = ("INSERT INTO ACF2IDs(ACF2KEY, ACF2ID) " +
                                       "VALUES("+ thsID +
                                                  ",'" + a.trim() + "')");
                        System.out.println(acfQuery);
                        returned = stmt.executeUpdate(acfQuery);
              if(otisID != null){
                   List ol = Arrays.asList(otisID.split(","));
                    ListIterator olit = ol.listIterator();
                   String o = "" ;
                    while(olit.hasNext()){
                         o = (String) olit.next();
                         otisQuery = ("INSERT INTO OTISIds(OTISKey, OTISId) " +
                                         "VALUES("+ thsID +
                                                    ",'" + o.trim() + "')");
                         System.out.println(otisQuery);
                         returned = stmt.executeUpdate(otisQuery);
                         System.out.println(returned);
             catch (Exception e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
       public static void main(String[] args){
            System.out.println("--------------Invoking class-------------");
            AddIDs();
            System.out.println("---------------Ending class--------------");