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7.4 Retrieving Column Values Through JDBC: Auto - Increment

The document discusses three ways to retrieve AUTO_INCREMENT column values through JDBC in MySQL: 1) Using Statement.getGeneratedKeys() to retrieve the value after an INSERT statement; 2) Using a SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID() query; 3) Retrieving the value from an updatable ResultSet after calling insertRow(). Code examples are provided for each approach.

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7.4 Retrieving Column Values Through JDBC: Auto - Increment

The document discusses three ways to retrieve AUTO_INCREMENT column values through JDBC in MySQL: 1) Using Statement.getGeneratedKeys() to retrieve the value after an INSERT statement; 2) Using a SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID() query; 3) Retrieving the value from an updatable ResultSet after calling insertRow(). Code examples are provided for each approach.

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7.

4 Retrieving AUTO_INCREMENT Column Values
through JDBC
getGeneratedKeys() is the preferred method to use if you need to
retrieve AUTO_INCREMENT keys and through JDBC; this is illustrated in the first example below.
The second example shows how you can retrieve the same value using a standard SELECT
LAST_INSERT_ID() query. The final example shows how updatable result sets can retrieve
the AUTO_INCREMENT value when using the insertRow() method.
Example 7.8 Connector/J: Retrieving AUTO_INCREMENT column values
using Statement.getGeneratedKeys()
Statement stmt = null;
ResultSet rs = null;

try {

//
// Create a Statement instance that we can use for
// 'normal' result sets assuming you have a
// Connection 'conn' to a MySQL database already
// available

stmt = conn.createStatement();

//
// Issue the DDL queries for the table for this example
//

stmt.executeUpdate("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS autoIncTutorial");


stmt.executeUpdate(
"CREATE TABLE autoIncTutorial ("
+ "priKey INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "
+ "dataField VARCHAR(64), PRIMARY KEY (priKey))");

//
// Insert one row that will generate an AUTO INCREMENT
// key in the 'priKey' field
//

stmt.executeUpdate(
"INSERT INTO autoIncTutorial (dataField) "
+ "values ('Can I Get the Auto Increment Field?')",
Statement.RETURN_GENERATED_KEYS);

//
// Example of using Statement.getGeneratedKeys()
// to retrieve the value of an auto-increment
// value
//

int autoIncKeyFromApi = -1;

rs = stmt.getGeneratedKeys();

if (rs.next()) {
autoIncKeyFromApi = rs.getInt(1);
} else {

// throw an exception from here


}
System.out.println("Key returned from getGeneratedKeys():"
+ autoIncKeyFromApi);
} finally {

if (rs != null) {
try {
rs.close();
} catch (SQLException ex) {
// ignore
}
}

if (stmt != null) {
try {
stmt.close();
} catch (SQLException ex) {
// ignore
}
}
}
Example 7.9 Connector/J: Retrieving AUTO_INCREMENT column values using SELECT
LAST_INSERT_ID()
Statement stmt = null;
ResultSet rs = null;

try {

//
// Create a Statement instance that we can use for
// 'normal' result sets.

stmt = conn.createStatement();

//
// Issue the DDL queries for the table for this example
//

stmt.executeUpdate("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS autoIncTutorial");


stmt.executeUpdate(
"CREATE TABLE autoIncTutorial ("
+ "priKey INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "
+ "dataField VARCHAR(64), PRIMARY KEY (priKey))");

//
// Insert one row that will generate an AUTO INCREMENT
// key in the 'priKey' field
//

stmt.executeUpdate(
"INSERT INTO autoIncTutorial (dataField) "
+ "values ('Can I Get the Auto Increment Field?')");

//
// Use the MySQL LAST_INSERT_ID()
// function to do the same thing as getGeneratedKeys()
//

int autoIncKeyFromFunc = -1;


rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID()");

if (rs.next()) {
autoIncKeyFromFunc = rs.getInt(1);
} else {
// throw an exception from here
}

System.out.println("Key returned from " +


"'SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID()': " +
autoIncKeyFromFunc);

} finally {

if (rs != null) {
try {
rs.close();
} catch (SQLException ex) {
// ignore
}
}

if (stmt != null) {
try {
stmt.close();
} catch (SQLException ex) {
// ignore
}
}
}
Example 7.10 Connector/J: Retrieving AUTO_INCREMENT column values in Updatable
ResultSets
Statement stmt = null;
ResultSet rs = null;

try {

//
// Create a Statement instance that we can use for
// 'normal' result sets as well as an 'updatable'
// one, assuming you have a Connection 'conn' to
// a MySQL database already available
//

stmt = conn.createStatement(java.sql.ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY,
java.sql.ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE);

//
// Issue the DDL queries for the table for this example
//

stmt.executeUpdate("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS autoIncTutorial");


stmt.executeUpdate(
"CREATE TABLE autoIncTutorial ("
+ "priKey INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "
+ "dataField VARCHAR(64), PRIMARY KEY (priKey))");

//
// Example of retrieving an AUTO INCREMENT key
// from an updatable result set
//

rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT priKey, dataField "


+ "FROM autoIncTutorial");

rs.moveToInsertRow();
rs.updateString("dataField", "AUTO INCREMENT here?");
rs.insertRow();

//
// the driver adds rows at the end
//

rs.last();

//
// We should now be on the row we just inserted
//

int autoIncKeyFromRS = rs.getInt("priKey");

System.out.println("Key returned for inserted row: "


+ autoIncKeyFromRS);

} finally {

if (rs != null) {
try {
rs.close();
} catch (SQLException ex) {
// ignore
}
}

if (stmt != null) {
try {
stmt.close();
} catch (SQLException ex) {
// ignore

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