public double getInitialHoldings() {
    Connection conn = null;
    ResultSet rs = null;
    PreparedStatement ps = null;
    double initial = Constants.BankHoldings;
    try
    {
      conn = iConomy.getiCoDatabase().getConnection();
      ps = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT initial FROM " + Constants.SQLTable + "_Banks WHERE id = ? LIMIT 1");
      ps.setInt(1, this.id);
      rs = ps.executeQuery();

      if (rs.next())
        initial = rs.getDouble("initial");
    } catch (Exception ex) {
    }
    finally {
      if (ps != null) try {
          ps.close();
        } catch (SQLException ex) {
        } if (rs != null) try {
          rs.close();
        } catch (SQLException ex) {
        } if (conn != null) try {
          conn.close();
        } catch (SQLException ex) {
        } 
    }
    return initial;
  }