public void initDBConnection(){
        try {	    
	    Class.forName("org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver").newInstance(); 
	    
	}
	catch (Exception e) {
	    System.err.println("Unable to load driver.");
	    e.printStackTrace();
	}
 
	try {
	    conn = DriverManager.getConnection(getConnectString());
	 
	}catch (SQLException sqle) {
	    System.out.println("SQLException: " + sqle.getMessage());
	    System.out.println("SQLState:     " + sqle.getSQLState());
	    System.out.println("VendorError:  " + sqle.getErrorCode());
	    sqle.printStackTrace();
	}
		
    }
 
   public String performQuery(String query){
	StringBuffer results = new StringBuffer();
	try{
	    Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
	    ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(query);
	    ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData();
	    int colcnt = rsmd.getColumnCount();
	    while(rs.next()){
		for(int g=1;g<=colcnt;g++){
		    results.append(rsmd.getColumnName(g)+" :");
 
		    results.append(rs.getString(g)+"\n");
		    
		}//for
		results.append("+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\n");
		
	    }//while
	}catch (SQLException sqle) {
	    System.out.println("SQLException: " + sqle.getMessage());
	    System.out.println("SQLState:     " + sqle.getSQLState());
	    System.out.println("VendorError:  " + sqle.getErrorCode());
	}
	if(results.length()==0){results.append("NO RESULTS");}
	return results.toString();
	
    }