public final static byte[] encodeString(String value, String encoding){
public byte[] encodeString(String value, String encoding) throws java.sql.SQLException { /* Old encoding method
    public final static byte[] encodeString(String value, String encoding){        if (encoding==null){            return value.getBytes();        }        else {            try {                return value.getBytes(encoding);            } catch(java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException ex) {                return value.getBytes();            }        }	 }