i am new in java programming. everything is going well. but it seems that i am having a problem in my jframe whenever a create a Jtable called in a JScrollPane. Sometimes all the components (e.i. buttons, labels etc.) won't appear. but when i comment the table and its properties, components appear. what may be my problem? thank you very much for any help. Thanks a lot! Here is my method for creating table. thanks again.
package myphonebookbeta;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Vector;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
public class MainForm extends JFrame implements ActionListener{
//<editor-fold defaultstate="collpased" desc="my components">
JFrame f=new JFrame();
JPanel p=new JPanel(null); 
JLabel fnameLbl,lnameLbl,addressLbl,cpLbl;
JTextField fname,lname,address,cp;
JButton save,delete,cancel,update;
JTable table=null;
JScrollPane scrollPane=null;
JDesktopPane dp=null;
//</editor-fold>
//<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="sql variabled">
private final String url="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/";
private final String db="dbnetbeans";
private final String uid="root";
private final String pwd="";
private final String driver="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
private Connection con=null;
private Statement st=null;
private ResultSet rs;
private ResultSetMetaData md;
private String sql;
//</editor-fold>
public MainForm(){
   mainFormGui();
}//end MainForm
private void mainFormGui(){
   f.setTitle("My Phonebook Beta");
   f.setSize(600,400);
   f.setLocationRelativeTo(f);
   f.setVisible(true);
   f.setDefaultCloseOperation(DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
   f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter(){
       @Override
       public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e){
           int cls=JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(null,"You are about to exit the program! Do you wish to proceed?","WARNING",
                   JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION,JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE,null,null,null);
           if (cls==0){
               System.exit(0);
           }
       }
   });
    initComponents();
}//end of mainFormGui
private void initComponents(){
    //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="components declaration">
    fnameLbl=new JLabel("First Name : "); fnameLbl.setBounds(10,18,90,24);
    lnameLbl=new JLabel("Last Name : "); lnameLbl.setBounds(10,52,90,24);
    addressLbl=new JLabel("Address : "); addressLbl.setBounds(10,86,90,24);
    cpLbl=new JLabel("Contact No. :"); cpLbl.setBounds(10,120,90,24);
    fname=new JTextField(""); fname.setBounds(100,14,140,24);
    lname=new JTextField(""); lname.setBounds(100,48,140,24);
    address=new JTextField(""); address.setBounds(100,82,140,24);
    cp=new JTextField(""); cp.setBounds(100,116,140,24);
    save=new JButton("SAVE"); save.setBounds(10,150,110,24);
    cancel=new JButton("Cancel"); cancel.setBounds(130,150,110,24);
    update=new JButton("Update"); update.setBounds(10,180,110,24);
    delete=new JButton("Delete"); delete.setBounds(130,180,110,24);
    //</editor-fold>
    //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="adding to panel">
    p.setVisible(true);
    p.add(fnameLbl); p.add(fname);
    p.add(lnameLbl); p.add(lname);
    p.add(addressLbl); p.add(address);
    p.add(cpLbl); p.add(cp);
    p.add(save);p.add(delete); p.add(update); p.add(cancel);
    //</editor-fold>
    btnAction();
// createTable();
    f.add(p); 
}//end of initComponents
private void btnAction(){
    cancel.addActionListener(this);
    save.addActionListener(this);
    delete.addActionListener(this);
}//end void btnAction
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
    String fn=fname.getText();
    String ln=lname.getText();
    String ad=address.getText();
    String cpn=cp.getText();
    try{
        //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="cancel_click">
        if(ae.getSource()==cancel){
            clearFields();
        }//end cancel
        //</editor-fold>
        //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="save_click">
        if(ae.getSource()==save){
            sql="Insert into tbphonebook (firstname,lastname,address,cp)"
                    + " value('"+fn+"','"+ln+"','"+ad+"','"+cpn+"')";
            connect();
            st=con.createStatement();
            st.executeUpdate(sql);
            disconnect();
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Info successfully SAVED!","confirmation - SAVE ", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
            clearFields();
        }//end save
        //</editor-fold>
        //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="delete_click">
        if(ae.getSource()==delete){
            int ch=JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(null,"This action is irrevocable. Do you wish tocontinue?",
                    "Delete this contact?",JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION,JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE,null,null,null);
            if (ch==0){
                sql="delete from tbphonebook where firstname like '"+fn+"' and lastname like '"+ln+"'";
                connect();
                st=con.createStatement();
                st.executeUpdate(sql);
                disconnect();
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Contact successfully DELETED!","confirmation - DELETE ", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
                clearFields();
            }//end if(ch==0)
        }//end delete
        //</editor-fold>
    }//try
    catch(Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
    }//catch
}//end actionPerformed
private void connect(){
   try{
       Class.forName(driver).newInstance();
       con=DriverManager.getConnection(url+db,uid,pwd);
   } 
   catch(Exception ex){
       ex.printStackTrace();
   }
}//end connect
private void disconnect(){
   try{
       con.close();
   } 
   catch(Exception ex){
       ex.printStackTrace();
   }
}//end disconnect   
private void clearFields(){
   fname.setText("");
   lname.setText("");
   address.setText("");
   cp.setText("");
   fname.requestFocus();
}//end clearField
private void createTable(){
    scrollPane=new JScrollPane(this.table);
    scrollPane.setBounds(250,14,320,160);
    scrollPane.setVisible(true); 
    scrollPane.setViewportView(table);
    p.add(scrollPane);
}//end createTable
private void fillTable() throws SQLException{
    ArrayList colNames=new ArrayList();
    ArrayList data=new ArrayList();
    ArrayList row=new ArrayList();
    sql="select * from tbphonebook";
    connect();
    st=con.createStatement();
    rs = st.executeQuery(sql);
    try{
        md =rs.getMetaData();
        int col=md.getColumnCount();
        //to getcolumn names
        for (int i=1;1<=col;i++){
            colNames.add(md.getColumnName(i));
        }
        //to get row data
        while(rs.next()){
            for(int i=1;1<=col;i++){
                row.add(rs.getObject(i));
            }
            data.add(row);
        }
    }
    catch(Exception ex){
        ex.printStackTrace();
    }
}//end fillTable
}
 
    