private String getMessageFromDB() {
    String msg = null;
    try {
      DBUtil dbUtil = DBUtil.getInstance();
      Connection conn = dbUtil.getConnection();
      PreparedStatement stmt = conn.prepareStatement("select msg from hello");
      ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery();

      while (rs.next()) {
        msg = rs.getString("msg");
      }
    } catch (Exception ex) {
      StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
      PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);
      ex.printStackTrace(pw);
      msg = sw.toString();
    }
    return msg;
  }