What you're asking for is something like

String [] values = new String [4];
values[0] = name;
values[1] = dept_no;

but this is a poor way to go because it obscures the names of the fields.
It sounds more like you need a class, as is

class Employee {
 String name;
 String dept_no;
 String employee_id;
 String state;
}

create a new Employee each time you encounter the values.  There are some
automated systems for doing this, but I havn't used them.

Alternatively, if you could put the fields into a map, as in
Map map = new HashMap ();
map.put ("name", name);
map.put("dept_no", dept_no);
etc.

I don't recommend this unless you are assured there is a an exact map
between your incoming data and your database schema.

Cheers,
Matt Humphrey matth@ivizNOSPAM.com  http://www.iviz.com/