java program cannot retrieve records from oracle DB

i made this prg. in java .
it inserts records into the databse but doesnt retrieve them...
i checked using SQL-PLUS
the records were created ...
but the records don't get displayed
what could be wrong?


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import java.sql.*;

class A1
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
try
{

Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");


Connection c=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:pranjal","scott","tiger");

System.out.println("got connection");
Statement stmt=c.createStatement();
String sq="insert into empl values('d2','73141')";
stmt.executeUpdate(sq);
sq="select fname,ssn from employee";

ResultSet rs=stmt.executeQuery(sq);
System.out.println("test2");
while(rs.next())
{
System.out.println("hi");
System.out.println(rs.getString("fname") +" " +rs.getString("ssn"));
}
rs.close();
stmt.close();
c.close();
}
catch(ClassNotFoundException e1)
{}
catch(SQLException e2)
{}
catch(Exception e3)
{}
}
}
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