Value of Statement becomes null even when the connection is open

Question

my small program deals with jdbc during which i met with this strange situation.
i want the value assigned to an instance of Statement (say 'st') for future use. So i declared st' as a class variable. and the variable is assigned with a value inside try-catch block which is inside the constructor. But when i tried to access it from outside it seems to be null. i ve made it clear by giving two print statements INSIDE and OUTSIDE the try-catch block. More over u can notice that the
value of an integer variable remains unaltered INSIDE and OUTSIDE the try-catch block. Wats wrong with my coding? Is there anything
special regarding the 'st' variable which is a reference of Statement interface. BUT WHEN THE DATABASE WAS MS Access, THE
VALUE OF 'st' WAS EXACTLY THE SAME INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE try-catch BLOCK(i tried it also by making appropriate changes in the jdbc part).
the output in both the situation is copied here.
please correct me.......any help welcomed.
my program
import java.sql.*;
public class MyStatement
     Connection con;
     Statement st;
     ResultSet rs;
     int test=0;
public MyStatement()
try
                         Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mysql", "root", "passes");
Statement st = conn.createStatement();
test=111;
System.out.println("value of statement INSIDE try-catch block: "+st);
System.out.println("value of test INSIDE try-catch block: "+test);
catch (Exception e){System.out.println("sql "+e);}
System.out.println("value of statement OUTSIDE try-catch block: "+st);
System.out.println("value of test OUTSIDE try-catch block: "+test);
public static void main(String args[])
new MyStatement();
}

Answer 1

Try this:
public class MyStatement {
    Connection conn;
    Statement st;
    ResultSet rs;
    int test = 0;
    public MyStatement() {
        try {
            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
            conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mysql", "root", "passes");
            st = conn.createStatement();
            test = 111;
            System.out.println("value of statement INSIDE try-catch block: " + st);
            System.out.println("value of test INSIDE try-catch block: " + test);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("sql " + e);
        System.out.println("value of statement OUTSIDE try-catch block: " + st);
        System.out.println("value of test OUTSIDE try-catch block: " + test);
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new MyStatement();
}