String sql = "" ; BufferedReader reader = null ; try ... { File f = new File(filePath); reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(f),encoding)); StringBuffer strbContent=new StringBuffer(); while(true) ...{ String line = reader.readLine(); if(line == null) break; strbContent.append(" " + line + " "); } sql = strbContent.toString(); } catch (Exception e) ... { return null; } finally ... { try ...{ if(reader!=null) ...{ reader.close(); } } catch(Exception e) ...{ } }