confused over a silly problem

package com.si.dao;
 
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Vector;
 
import com.si.admin.Note;
import com.si.admin.NoteTable;
import com.si.dao.DbConn;
 
 
public class Notes {
	
//	prod
	String url = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@xyz12.abcd.com:1522:td08";
	String user = "user1";
	String password = "pass1";
	String driver = "oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver";
 
 
	 Connection conn= null;
     PreparedStatement pstmt = null;
     Statement stmt = null;
 	 ResultSet rs = null;
	
     DbConn db = null;
        
       public String addNotes(Note noteInfo) {
    	 
    	   System.out.println("Inside Add Note method");
    	   
    	 String fromDate = noteInfo.getFromDate();
    	 String toDate = noteInfo.getToDate();
    	 String placement = noteInfo.getPlacement();
    	 String note = noteInfo.getNotes();
    	 String transaction = noteInfo.getTransType();
    	 String attuid = noteInfo.getAttUid();
    	     
    	 
    	 if (transaction.equalsIgnoreCase("Add Note"))
    	 {
    	 
      	 String qry = "INSERT INTO SIWEB_NOTES(PLACEMENT, FROM_DATE, TO_DATE, NOTE, CREATED_BY) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?)";
      	 
    	     try {
    	    	 
    		  db = new DbConn();
    		  Class.forName(driver);
    		  conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password);
    		  pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(qry); 
    		  
    		  
    		  
    		  SimpleDateFormat df=new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy", Locale.US);
    		  
    		   java.util.Date sqlFromDate=null;
    		   java.util.Date sqlToDate=null;
			try {
				 sqlFromDate = df.parse(fromDate);
				  sqlToDate = df.parse(toDate);
			} catch (ParseException e) {
				// TODO Auto-generated catch block
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
    		  
    		   
    		   pstmt.setString(1, placement);
    		   pstmt.setDate(2, new java.sql.Date(sqlFromDate.getTime()));
    		   pstmt.setDate(3, new java.sql.Date (sqlToDate.getTime()));
    		   pstmt.setString(4, note);
    		   pstmt.setString(5, attuid);
    		   
    		   pstmt.executeUpdate();
    		      		    
    		  
    	 }  catch (SQLException sqle) {
 			sqle.printStackTrace();
    	 } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		} finally {
			try {
				conn.close();
				pstmt.close();
				} catch (Exception e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
		}
		
    	  } // if ends here 
    	 
    	 
    	 else {
    		 
    		  System.out.println("Inside update block");
    		  
    		  String qry = "UPDATE SIWEB_NOTES SET PLACEMENT = ?, FROM_DATE = ?, TO_DATE = ?, NOTE = ?, UPDATED_BY = ?";
    		 
    		   try {
      	    	 
    	    		  db = new DbConn();
    	    		  Class.forName(driver);
    	    		  conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password);
    	    		  pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(qry); 
    	    		  
    	    		  
    	    		  
    	    		  SimpleDateFormat df=new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy", Locale.US);
    	    		  
    	    		   java.util.Date sqlFromDate=null;
    	    		   java.util.Date sqlToDate=null;
    				try {
    					 sqlFromDate = df.parse(fromDate);
    					  sqlToDate = df.parse(toDate);
    				} catch (ParseException e) {
    					// TODO Auto-generated catch block
    					e.printStackTrace();
    				}
    	    		  
    	    		   
    	    		   pstmt.setString(1, placement);
    	    		   pstmt.setDate(2, new java.sql.Date(sqlFromDate.getTime()));
    	    		   pstmt.setDate(3, new java.sql.Date (sqlToDate.getTime()));
    	    		   pstmt.setString(4, note);
    	    		   pstmt.setString(5, attuid);
    	    		   
    	    		   pstmt.executeUpdate();
    	    		      		    
    	    		  
    	    	 }  catch (SQLException sqle) {
    	 			sqle.printStackTrace();
    	    	 } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
    				// TODO Auto-generated catch block
    				e.printStackTrace();
    			} finally {
    				try {
    					conn.close();
    					pstmt.close();
    					} catch (Exception e) {
    					e.printStackTrace();
    				}
    			}
    	    		 
    	 }
 
 	   	 
    	return fromDate;
     
       }
       
       
       public Vector<NoteTable> updateNote() {
    	      	   
    	    System.out.println("Inside Update Note method");
    	   
    	    NoteTable noTab;
    	 	     	
            Vector<NoteTable> nTabVec = new Vector<NoteTable>();
       	    String qry = "SELECT CREATED_BY, UPDATED_BY, PLACEMENT, TO_CHAR(FROM_DATE, 'MM/DD/YYYY'), TO_CHAR(TO_DATE, 'MM/DD/YYYY'), NOTE FROM SIWEB_NOTES";
    	      
    	     try {
    	    	db = new DbConn();
       		    Class.forName(driver);
       		    conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password); 
    	        	    	 
				pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(qry);
				
				rs = pstmt.executeQuery(qry);
				
				while (rs.next()) {
					
					noTab = new NoteTable();
					
					noTab.setCreatedBy(rs.getString(1));
					noTab.setUpdatedBy(rs.getString(2));
					noTab.setPlacement(rs.getString(3));
					noTab.setFrom(rs.getString(4));
					noTab.setTo(rs.getString(5));
					noTab.setNote(rs.getString(6));
					
					nTabVec.add(noTab);	
																						
					}
						
			  } catch (SQLException e) {
				// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			    	e.printStackTrace();
		      	} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
				// TODO Auto-generated catch block
				e.printStackTrace();
			} finally {
				           try {
				        	   pstmt.close();
				        	   rs.close();
				        	   conn.close();
				           } catch (Exception e) {
				        	   e.printStackTrace();
				           }
				
		      	}
		   	
		      	return nTabVec;
			
       }
       
    	   	
 }

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