Connecting to Oracle DB through Java Applet problem

When Using a java program that takes the information from the console, ie. Create table, I can get it to connect and update the database just fine. But when I try this from within a java applet, It doesn't seem to work. It compiles alright but doesn't update the database.

Here is a sample code:

import java.io.*;
import oracle.jdbc.*;
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.sql.*;
 


public class HelloWorld1 extends Applet 
{


	public HelloWorld1()
				{
		init();
	
	}
		private Connection con = null;
		  public void init()  {
			 try {
             DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());
			String username = "****", password = "****";
			con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:@oracle.***.****.****.ie:1521:oracle",username,password);
			  } catch (SQLException ex)     {
             System.out.println("Connection Error =  "  + ex.toString());
           }
			 try {
		     Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
		     stmt.executeQuery("CREATE TABLE Stuff(bar VARCHAR2(40), beer VARCHAR2(40), price REAL)" );
		     stmt.close();
		  
			 }
			catch (SQLException ex) 
         {
           System.out.println("Error While Fetching Values =  "  +  ex.toString());
         }

		 if(con != null)
		{
			try
			{
				con.close();
			}
			catch(Exception e)
			{
				System.out.println("Could'nt close connection \n"+e);
			}
		}

		  }
}

My login details work grand from within a normal Java Program.
Any help would be much appreciated.