SQL Query Help Needed

Question

I'm having trouble with an SQL query. I've created a simple logon page wherein a user will enter their user name and password. The program will look in an Access database for the user name, sort it by Date/Time modified, and check to see if their password matches the most recent password. Unfortunately, the query returns no results. I'm absolutely certain that I'm doing the query correctly (I've imported it directly from my old VB6 code). Something simple is eluding me. Any help would be appreciated.
private void LogOn() {
//make sure that the user name/password is valid, then load the main menu
try {
//open the database connection
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:LawOffice2000", "", "");
Statement select = con.createStatement();
String strTemp = "Select * From EMPLOYEES Where INITIALS = '" + txtUserName.getText() + "' Order By DATE Desc, TIME Desc";
ResultSet result = select.executeQuery(strTemp);
while(result.next()) {
if (txtPassword.getPassword().toString() == result.getString("Password")) {
MenuMain.main();
else {
System.out.println("Password Bad");
System.out.println(txtUserName.getText());
System.out.println(result.getString("Password"));
break; //exit loop
//close the connection
con.close(); }
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("LawOfficeSuite_LogOn: " + e);
return; }
}

Answer 1

The problem is here: "txtPassword.getPassword().toString() == result.getString("Password"))"
Don't confuse String's equals() method with the equality operator '=='. The == operator checks that two references refer to the same object. If you want to compare the contents of Strings (whether two strings contain the same characters), use equals(), e.g. if (str1.equals(str2))...
Example:String s1 = "foo";
String s2 = new String("foo");
System.out.println("s1 == s2: " + (s1 == s2)); // false
System.out.println("s1.equals(s2): " + (s1.equals(s2))); // trueFor more information, check out Comparison operators: equals() versus ==