Rookie...can't return results from JDBC query?

Question

I am trying to get my web service to return results to the client from my JDBC query. They "try/catch statements sem to be in the way. I can't return anything within them or outside of them. Can someone tell me how I could get my results to return to where I want them to?
At present, all this does is return the value "Dummy" to my client. Shouldn't the value be reset by the results of the query coming in?
package hello;
import java.sql.*;
public class HelloImpl implements HelloIF {
String s2 = "Dummy";
public String sayHello(String s) {
try {
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
catch( Exception e ) {
System.out.println("Failed to load driver.");
try {
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:liggy11/fisher@dligman:1521:dligman");
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
String query = "SELECT end_phrase FROM rap_lines WHERE start_phrase = '" + s + "'";
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(query) ;
while (rs.next()) {
s2 = rs.getString("end_phrase");
System.out.println("Got another row. s2 is now [" + s2 + "]");
catch( Exception e ) {
e.printStackTrace();
return new String(s2);

Answer 1

liggy11,
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mrcheeks.
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