Try/Catch/Finally Hell

try.java

List<String> requestCodes(String dbUrl, String id) {
  List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
  Connection conn = null;
  PreparedStatement stmt = null;
  ResultSet rs = null;
  try {
    conn = DriverManager.getConnection(dbUrl);
    stmt = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM customers WHERE id = ?");
    stmt.setString(1, id);
    rs = stmt.executeQuery();
    while (rs.next()) {
      result.add(rs.getString("code"));
    }
  } catch (SQLException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
  } finally {
    if (rs != null) {
      try {
        rs.close();          // close() throws an exception...
      } catch (SQLException e) {
        e.printStackTrace(); // ...have to catch it to free 'stmt'
      }
    }
    if (stmt != null) {
      try {
        stmt.close();        // again, close() throws an exception...
      } catch (SQLException ignore) {
        e.printStackTrace(); // ...have to catch it to free 'conn'
      }
    }
    if (conn != null) {
      try {
        conn.close();
      } catch (SQLException ignore) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      }
    }
  }
  return result;
}