JDBC delete records from database

package com.javahonk;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;

public class DeleteRecordsFromTable {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
	Connection connection = null;
	Statement statement = null;
	ResultSet resultSet = null;

	try {
	    // Register JDBC Driver
	    Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
	    // Open connection
	    connection = DriverManager.getConnection(
		    "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/javahonk", "root",
		    "admin");
	    // Create query set value and execute statement

	    String sql = "delete FROM employee where id=1";
	    statement=connection.createStatement();	    
	    statement.executeUpdate(sql);
	    
	    System.out.println("Record deleted successfully "
	    		+ "form employee table \n");
	    
	    //Now select records from table to see if data is deleted
	    sql = "SELECT * FROM employee";
	    resultSet = statement.executeQuery(sql);
	      
	    System.out.println("Remainning records: \n");
	    while (resultSet.next()) {
	    	
	    int id = resultSet.getInt("id");
		String firstName = resultSet.getString("First_Name");
		String LastName = resultSet.getString("Last_Name");
		
		System.out.println("id: "+id+" First Name : " 
		+ firstName+" Last Name : " + LastName);			

	    }	   

	} catch (Exception e) {
	    e.printStackTrace();
	} finally {
	    try {
		if (connection != null) {
		    connection.close();
		}
		if (resultSet != null) {
		    resultSet.close();
		}
	    } catch (SQLException e) {
		e.printStackTrace();
	    }
	}

 }

}