Reading a ResultStatement(Oracle Database) into an array and then returning it to method.

I have a program that uses the JDBC-ODBC bridge to read the firstName and lastName from and Oracle database, it saves the first and last names into a string and then saves each full_name into an array.  However, when I return my array it saves the 1st two names as null in the array and only gets the last full_name correctly.  The connection works fine, and it will even do a System.out.println of all the names fine, and while in the while(rs.next()) loop when I check to make sure the names got put in the array...they have.  But, once I'm out of the loop to return my array...the 1st two names are gone.  I also get 3 warnings...but..I don't think they are the cause of the problems,

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The method with the problem is (the username and password have been ommitted),
public static String[] loadConnectionandNames()
 {
    try
            { System.out.println("Right before trying to load the driver class...");
                  //String url = "jdbc:odbc:Oracle";
                  Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
                 System.out.println("Loaded the driver class!");
            }
            catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
            {
                  System.out.println("Unable to load Driver Class");
                return null;
            }
            
          try {
System.out.println("Right before trying to make connection");                  
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:Oracle", " ", " ");
System.out.println("Created the connection...");
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
        ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT lastName, firstName FROM CUSTOMER");
            while(rs.next()) {

                last_name = rs.getString("lastName");
                System.out.println("Got last Name");
                first_name = rs.getString("firstName");
                System.out.println("Got first Name");
                String cust_full_name = first_name + " " + last_name;
                System.out.println("Customers names = " + cust_full_name);
             
                full_name = new String[max_length];

                full_name[t] = cust_full_name;              
                System.out.println("Customers names = " + full_name[t] + "??? " + t);

                System.out.println("Fullname value " + full_name[t]);
                ++t;
                System.out.println("After t is added one = " + t); //return full_name;
                              }


 for (int z=0; z<t; ++z)
                {//This is where the 1st names are no longer in my array
System.out.println("final loop" + full_name[z] +"???"+t); } return full_name;
                 }
              catch (SQLException se) {
              System.out.println("A SQL Exception occurred." + se.getMessage());
              se.printStackTrace(System.out);

System.out.println("Returning null values for customers"); return null;         }

Sorry for all the System.out.println's, I've been trying to fix this for awhile,  If anyone could help
me it would be very much appreciated...Thanks! :)