JLabel is not refreshed from withing ActionPerformed

[mavaforumsm]

I'm running rather complex Swing application. GUI has a status bar at the bottom, which contains JPanel and JLabel inside it . Static bar is a static object.
At some point I'm running search query. 1st I open new JFrame as a search form. After search criteria is entered, child frame performs the DB query within ActionPerformed method. While it is performing the query I would like to display different messages in the MainFrame status bar. This is not happening. I can only see the very last message.

I know it is a vague description. Any clues,help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

[r035198x]

You are disrespecting the EDT.

[mavaforumsm]

You are disrespecting the EDT.

Thanks. Very refreshing.

After I modified the code and moved DB queries into its own thread, now all look as planned.