checkWord

public boolean checkWord(String s) throws SQLException {
    String sql = null;
    sql = "SELECT * FROM `surface` WHERE `surface` LIKE '" + s + "'";
    Statement stmts = null;
    stmts = conn.createStatement();
    rs = stmts.executeQuery(sql);
    if (rs.next()) {
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}