Please help getString()

Question

hi,
this might sound like a question that shouln't have been asked but
i'm new to java, studied it for a few months (haven't learnt any kind of programming languages before )and been assigned to do a project, tried my best at it but got stuck on this GetString() method
what's wrong with this code
i tried to compile it but came up with errors
cannot find symbol
symbol : method getString()
location: class java.lang.String
stm.setString(4,strdate.getString());
cannot find symbol
symbol : method strtimegetString()
location: class javaproject
stm.setString(5, strtimegetString());
2 errors
here's the code
//javaproject.java
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.sql.*;
public class javaproject extends JApplet implements ActionListener,Runnable
JPanel panel; JLabel lname, lcode,lterm,ltime,ldate;
JTextField tfname , tfcode;
JButton bttsaved, bttcancel, bttclose;
JComboBox cbterm;     
String term[] ={"Semester A","Semester B","Semester C","Semester D"};
String strdate, strtime ;
Thread time;
GregorianCalendar calendar;
public void init()
     panel = new JPanel();
     lcode = new JLabel ("Code : ");
     lname = new JLabel("Name : ");
     lterm = new JLabel("Term : ");
     ltime = new JLabel();
     ldate = new JLabel();
     tfcode = new JTextField(20);
     tfname = new JTextField(20);
     cbterm = new JComboBox(term);
bttsaved = new JButton(" Saved ");
bttcancel = new JButton(" Cancel ");
bttclose = new JButton(" Close ");
     calendar = new GregorianCalendar();
     time =new Thread(this);
     time.start();
     display();
     panel.add(ldate); panel.add(ltime);
     panel.add(lcode); panel.add(tfcode);
     panel.add(lname); panel.add(tfname);
     panel.add(lterm); panel.add(cbterm);
     panel.add(bttsaved); panel.add(bttcancel); panel.add(bttclose);
     getContentPane().add(panel);
     bttsaved.addActionListener(this);
     bttcancel.addActionListener(this);
     bttclose.addActionListener(this);
public void run()
     for(;;)
     calendar = new GregorianCalendar();
          strtime = calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR)+":"+calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE)
          +":"+calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND);
          ltime.setText(strtime);
          try
          time.sleep(1000);
          catch(InterruptedException e)
          showStatus("ThreadInterrupted");          
public void display()
     strdate = calendar.get(Calendar.DATE) + "/" + (calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH)+1) + "/"+calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
     ldate.setText(strdate);
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
     if(evt.getSource() == bttcancel )
     tfcode.setText(" ");
     tfname.setText(" ");
     showStatus(" ..... Please enter new information ..... ");
     if(evt.getSource() == bttclose )
     System.exit(0);          
     if(evt.getSource() ==bttsaved )
     try
          String blankcode = tfcode.getText();
          if(blankcode.length() == 0)
               showStatus("Student's code cannot be empty");
               return;          
          String blankname = tfname.getText();
          if(blankname.length() == 0)
               showStatus("..... Student's name cannot be empty ......");
          return;
          Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
          Connection con;
          con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:kayteej","sa", null);
          PreparedStatement stm;
          stm = con.prepareStatement("insert into Students values(?,?,?)");
          stm.setString(1,tfcode.getText());     
          stm.setString(2,tfname.getText());
          stm.setString(3,(String)cbterm.getSelectedItem());
          stm.setString(4,strdate.getString());
          stm.setString(5, strtimegetString());
          stm.executeUpdate();     
          showStatus("..... Please enter new information ..... ");
          JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Data Saved","Congrats!!",1);
     catch(Exception err)
          showStatus("Error occured while interacting with sql");
//<Applet code="javaproject.class" width=800 height=600></applet>
should i use the getString method or is it possible to use other type of methods. please help I'm really stuck
Thank you in advance

Answer 1

So when you run it, the code throws an exception? Then there's something wrong with your code, or with your setup.
The exception's stack trace contains useful information which would help you (or us) figure out just what is wrong. Hopefully you have a catch-block that calls the printStackTrace() method of the exception.