How do I edit an array without using ArrayList?

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I have managed to read the contents of the table into an array, but I now have the oh-so joyous task of deleting rows and updating individual elements.

I understand that, in Java, Arrays are set to a specific dimension (this one is populated from a ResultSet in a while-nested-for loop), making deletion difficult.

The code I have for populating the array is as follows:

public static String[][] dbTable() throws SQLException
	{
		String[][] dbTable = null;
		table = conn.createStatement();
		String sql = "select * from Profiles";
		ResultSet rs = table.executeQuery(sql);
		rs.last();
		int rowNumb = rs.getRow();
		ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData();
		int columnS = rsmd.getColumnCount();

		rs.beforeFirst();
		dbTable= new String[rowNumb][columnS];
		
		int i=0;
		while(rs.next() && i<rowNumb && rowNumb<100)
		{
			for(int j=0;j<columnS;j++)
			{
				dbTable[i][j] = rs.getString(j+1);
			}
			i++;
		}
		return dbTable;
	}

I need the application to work on a SQL-style, so my application can say:
If <insert method="" here=""> contains <string input=""> remove the row that matches or says doesn't exist. There's one catch (so far): Is this possible without the use of ArrayLists?