How can I ensure the destruction of a String object in Java?

Question

An empoyee at my company needs to modify data from a SQL Server database through a program I made. The program used Windows authentication at first, and I asked the DBAs to

Answer 1

Interesting question. Some googeling revealed this: http://securesoftware.blogspot.com/2009/01/java-security-why-not-to-use-string.html. According to the comment, it won't make a difference.

What happens, if you dont store the String in a variable but pass it via new String(char[])?