JDBC

Objectives

In this session, you will learn to:

Identify the layers in JDBC architecture
Identify the types of JDBC drivers
Use the classes and interfaces of JDBC application
programming interface
Understand and execute the steps to create JDBC applications

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JDBC
Database Connectivity

Sun Microsystems has included JDBC API as a part of

J2SDK to develop Java applications that can communicate
with databases.
The following figure shows the Airline Reservation System
developed in Java interacting with the Airlines database
using the JDBC API.

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JDBC
JDBC Architecture

JDBC architecture provides the mechanism to translate Java

statements into SQL statements.
It can be classified into two layers:
JDBC application layer
JDBC driver layer

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JDBC
Just a minute

Identify the two layers of JDBC architecture.

Answer:
The two layers of JDBC architecture are:
1. JDBC application layer
2. JDBC driver layer

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JDBC
JDBC Drivers

Convert SQL statements into a form that a particular database can

interpret.
Retrieve the result of SQL statements and convert the result into
equivalent JDBC API class objects.
Are of four types:
JDBC-ODBC Bridge driver
Native-API Partly-Java driver
JDBC-Net Pure-Java driver
Native Protocol Pure-Java driver

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JDBC
The JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver

The following figure displays a JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver.

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JDBC
The Native-API Partly-Java Driver

The following figure displays a Native-API Partly-Java

Driver.

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JDBC
The JDBC-Net Pure-Java Driver

The following figure displays a JDBC-Net Pure-Java Driver.

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JDBC
The Native-Protocol Pure-Java Driver

The following figure displays a Native-Protocol Pure-Java

Driver.

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JDBC
Using JDBC API

The JDBC API classes and interfaces are available in the

java.sql and the javax.sql packages.
The commonly used classes and interfaces in the JDBC
API are:
DriverManager class: Loads the driver for a database.
Driver interface: Represents a database driver. All JDBC
driver classes must implement the Driver interface.
Connection interface: Enables you to establish a connection
between a Java application and a database.
Statement interface: Enables you to execute SQL statements.
ResultSet interface: Represents the information retrieved
from a database.
SQLException class: Provides information about the
exceptions that occur while interacting with databases.

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JDBC
Using JDBC API (Contd.)

Steps to create a JDBC application are:

Load a driver
Connect to a database
Create and execute JDBC statements
Handle SQL exceptions

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JDBC
Loading a Driver

Driver can be loaded:

Programmatically:
Using the forName() method
Using the registerDriver()method
Manually:
By setting system property

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JDBC
Loading a Driver (Contd.)

Using the forName() Method:

The forName() method is available in the
java.lang.Class class.
The forName() method loads the JDBC driver and registers
the driver with the driver manager.
The method call to use the the forName() method is:
Class.forName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.S
QLServerDriver");

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JDBC
Loading a Driver (Contd.)

Using the registerDriver() Method:

You can create an instance of the Driver class to load a JDBC
driver.
This instance enables you to provide the name of the driver
class at run time.
The statement to create an instance of the Driver class is:
Driver d = new
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver(
);
You need to call the registerDriver() method to register
the Driver object with the DriverManager.
The method call to register the Type 4 driver is:
DriverManager.registerDriver(d);

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JDBC
Loading a Driver (Contd.)

Setting the System Property:

Add the driver name to the jdbc.drivers system property to
load a JDBC driver.
Use the –D command line option to set the system property on
the command line.
The command to set the system property is:
java –Djdbc.drivers=
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
SampleApplication

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JDBC
Connecting to a Database

The DriverManager class provides the getConnection()

method to create a Connection object.
The getConnection() method method has the following three
forms:
Connection getConnection (String <url>)
Connection getConnection (String <url>, String
<username>, String <password>)
Connection getConnection (String <url>,
Properties <properties>)

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JDBC
Creating and Executing JDBC Statements

JDBC Statements can be created and executed as follows:

The Connection object provides the createStatement()
method to create a Statement object.
You can use static SQL statements to send requests to a
database to retrieve results.
The Statement interface contains the following methods to
send static SQL statements to a database:
ResultSet executeQuery(String str)
int executeUpdate(String str)
boolean execute(String str)

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JDBC
Creating and Executing JDBC Statements (Contd.)

Various database operations that you can perform using a

Java application are:
Querying a table
Inserting rows in a table
Updating rows in a table
Deleting rows from a table
Creating a table
Altering and dropping a table

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JDBC
Creating and Executing JDBC Statements (Contd.)

Querying a table:
The SELECT statement is executed using the
executeQuery() method and returns the output in the form
of a ResultSet object.
The code snippet to retrieve data from the Authors table is:
String str = "SELECT * FROM Authors";
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(str);

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JDBC
Creating and Executing JDBC Statements (Contd.)

Inserting rows in a table:

The executeUpdate() method enables you to add rows in a
table.
The code snippet to insert a row in the Authors table is:
String str = " INSERT INTO Authors (au_id,
au_name, phone, address, city,
state, zip) VALUES (‘a004’, ‘Ringer
Albert’, ‘8018260752’, ‘ 67 Seventh Av.’,
‘Salt Lake City’, ‘UT’, ’100000078’)";
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
int count = stmt.executeUpdate(str);

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JDBC
Creating and Executing JDBC Statements (Contd.)

Updating and Deleting rows in a table:

The code snippet to modify a row from the Authors table is:
String str = "UPDATE Authors SET
address='10932 Second Av.’ WHERE
au_id=‘a001’";
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
int count = stmt.executeUpdate(str);
The code snippet to delete a row from the Authors table is:
String str = "DELETE FROM Authors WHERE
au_id=‘a005’";
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
int count = stmt.executeUpdate(str);

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JDBC
Creating and Executing JDBC Statements (Contd.)

Creating a table:
The CREATE TABLE statement is used to create and define
the structure of a table in a database.
The code snippet to create a table is:
String str="CREATE TABLE Publishers"
+"(pub_id VARCHAR(5),"
+"pub_name VARCHAR(50),"
+"phone INTEGER,"
+"address VARCHAR(50), "
+"city VARCHAR(50), "
+"ZIP VARCHAR(20))";
Statement stmt=con.createStatement();
stmt.execute(str);

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JDBC
Creating and Executing JDBC Statements (Contd.)

Altering and Dropping a table:

DDL provides the ALTER statement to modify the definition of
database object.
The code snippet to add a column to the Books table is:
String str="ALTER TABLE Books “+"ADD price
INTEGER";
Statement stmt=con.createStatement();
stmt.execute(str);
DDL provides the DROP TABLE statement to drop a table from
a database.
The code snippet to drop the Books table from a database is:
String str="DROP TABLE Books";
Statement stmt=con.createStatement();
stmt.execute(str);

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JDBC
Handling SQL Exceptions

SQL Exceptions can be handled as follows:

The java.sql package provides the SQLException class,
which is derived from the java.lang.Exception class.
You can catch the SQLException in a Java application using
the try and catch exception handling block.
The SQLException class contains various methods that
provide error information, these methods are:
int getErrorCode(): Returns the error code associated with
the error occurred.
String getSQLState(): Returns X/Open error code.
SQLException getNextException(): Returns the next
exception in the chain of exceptions.

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JDBC
Just a minute

Which interface of the java.sql package must be

implemented by all the JDBC driver classes?

Answer:
Driver interface

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JDBC
Accessing Result Sets

A ResultSet object maintains a cursor that enables you to

move through the rows stored in a ResultSet object.

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JDBC
Types of Result Sets

The various types of ResultSet objects to store the output

returned by a database are:
Read only: Allows you to only read the rows in a ResultSet
object.
Forward only: Moves the result set cursor from first row to last
row in forward direction only.
Scrollable: Moves the result set cursor forward or backward
through the result set.
Updatable: Allows you to update the result set rows retrieved
from a database table.

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JDBC
Types of Result Sets (Contd.)

The following table lists various fields of ResultSet

interface that you can use to specify the type of a
ResultSet object.
ResultSet Fields Description

TYPE_SCROLL_SENTIT Specifies that the cursor of the ResultSet object

IVE is scrollable and it reflects the changes in the data
made by other users.

TYPE_SCROLL_INSENS Specifies that the cursor of the ResultSet object

ITIVE is scrollable and it does not reflect changes in the
data made by other users.

TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY Specifies that the cursor of the ResultSet object

moves in forward direction only from the first row to
the last row.

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JDBC
Types of Result Sets (Contd.)

The following table lists various fields of the ResultSet

interface that you can use to specify different concurrency
modes of result sets.

ResultSet Fields Description

CONCUR_READ_ONLY Specifies the concurrency mode

that does not allow you to update
the ResultSet object.

CONCUR_UPDATABLE Specifies the concurrency mode

that allows you to update the
ResultSet object.

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JDBC
Types of Result Sets (Contd.)

The createStatement() method has the following three

overloaded forms:
Statement createStatement()
Statement createStatement(int, int)
Statement createStatement(int, int, int)

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JDBC
Methods of ResultSet Interface

The following tables lists some of the methods of

ResultSet interface:

Method Description
boolean first() Shifts the control of a result set cursor to the
first row of the result set.
boolean isFirst() Determines whether the result set cursor
points to the first row of the result set.
boolean last() Shifts the control of a result set cursor to the
last row of the result set.
boolean isLast() Determines whether the result set cursor
points to the last row of the result set.

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JDBC
Methods of ResultSet Interface (Contd.)

JDBC allows you to create an updatable result set that

enables you to modify the rows in the result set.
The following table lists some of the methods used with
updatable result set:

Method Description
void insertRow() Inserts a row in the current ResultSet object and
the underlying database table.
void deleteRow() Deletes a row from the current ResultSet object
and the underlying database table.

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JDBC
Just a minute

Which type of result set allows you to move the result set
cursor from first row to last row in forward direction only?

Answer:
Forward only result set

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JDBC
Demonstration

Problem Statement:
Create an application to retrieve information (author id, name,
phone, address, city, state, and zip ) about the authors who are
living in the city where the city name begins with the letter “S”.

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JDBC
Demonstration (Contd.)

Solution:
The application uses Type 4 driver to connect to the library
database on SQL Server and retrieve information abou the
authors who are living in the city where the city name begins
with the letter ‘S’.

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JDBC
Summary

In this session, you learned that:

JDBC Architecture consists of two layers:
JDBC application layer: Signifies a Java application that uses the
JDBC API to interact with the JDBC driver manager.
JDBC driver layer: Contains a driver, such as an SQL Server driver,
which enables a Java application to connect to a database. This layer
acts as an interface between a Java application and a database.
The JDBC driver manager manages various JDBC drivers.
The JDBC driver is software that a Java application uses to
access a database.
JDBC supports four types of drivers:
JDBC-ODBC Bridge driver
Native-API Partly-Java driver
JDBC-Net Pure-Java driver
Native Protocol Pure-Java driver

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JDBC
Summary (Contd.)

The JDBC API consists of various classes and interfaces that

enable Java applications to interact with databases.
The classes and interfaces of the JDBC API are defined in the
java.sql and javax.sql packages.
You can load a driver and register it with the driver manager
either programmatically or manually.
Two ways to load and register a driver programmatically are:
Using the Class.forName() method
Using the registerDriver() method
You can add the driver name to the jdbc.drivers system property
to load and register a JDBC driver manually.
A Connection object establishes a connection between a Java
application and a database.
A Statement object sends requests to and retrieves results from
a database.

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JDBC
Summary (Contd.)

You can insert, update, and delete data from a table using the
DML statements in Java applications.
You can create, alter, and drop tables from a database using
the DDL statements in Java applications.
A ResultSet object stores the result retrieved from a database
when a SELECT statement is executed.
You can create various types of ResultSet objects such as
read only, updatable, and forward only.

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