Useful Statement Methods (N-I)

• executeQuery
– Executes the SQL query and returns the data in a table
(ResultSet)

– The resulting table may be empty but never null

ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(“select * from table");

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 Example Code 15.1
Executing SQL DML Statements
/* This progarm will take two command line argument
that are used to update records in the database */

import java.sql.*; //step 1

public class JdbcDmlEx {

public static void main (String args [ ]){

try {
//steps 2 to 5
Class.forName(“driver name”);

Connection con=null;
con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, usr, pwd);

Statement st = con.createStatement();
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 Example Code 15.1
Executing SQL DML Statements (cont.)
//Step 6: Execute the Query / DML

String addVar = args[0];

String sql = “UPDATE Person ” +

int num = st.executeUpdate(sql);

//Step 7: Process the results of the query

System.out.println(num + “ records updated”);

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 Example Code 15.1
Executing SQL DML Statements (cont.)
//Step 8: close the connection
con.close();

}catch (Exception sqlEx) {

} //end main

}//end class

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 Compile & Execute

Before execution

After execution

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 Useful Statement Methods
(Continued)
• getMaxRows( ) / setMaxRows(int)
– Determines the number of rows a ResultSet may
contain
– Unless explicitly set, the number of rows are unlimited
(return value of 0)

• getQueryTimeout( ) / setQueryTimeout(int)
– Specifies the amount of a time (seconds) a driver will
wait for a STATEMENT to complete before throwing a
SQLException

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 Different Types of Statements
• Overview
– Through the Statement object, SQL statements are sent
to the database.
– Three types of statement objects are available:
• Statement
– for executing a simple SQL statements
• PreparedStatement
– for executing a precompiled SQL statement passing
in parameters
• CallableStatement
– for executing a database stored procedure

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 Prepared Statements
(Precompiled Queries)

• Idea
– If you are going to execute similar SQL statements
multiple times, using “prepared” (parameterized)
statements can be more efficient

– Create a statement in standard form that is sent to the

– Each time you use it, you simply replace some of the
marked parameters (?) using some set methods

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 Prepared Statement, Example

PreparedStatement pStmt =
con.prepareStatement("UPDATE tableName " +
“SET columnName = ? " +
“WHERE columnName = ?");

• First marked parameter(?) has index 1.

pStmt.setString(1, stringValue);
pStmt.setInt (2, intValue);

pStmt.executeUpdate();

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 Example Code: Modify JdbcDmlEx.java 15.1
Executing Prepared Statements

/* Modification to the last example code 15.1,

import java.sql.*; // step1

public class JdbcDmlEx {

public static void main (String args [ ]){

try {
//steps 2 to 4
Class.forName(“driver name”);

Connection con=null;
con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, usr, pwd);

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 Example Code: Modify JdbcDmlEx.java 15.1
Executing Prepared Statements
//Step 5: Create the statement
PreparedStatement pStmt = null;

String sql = “UPDATE Person SET address = ? WHERE name = ? ” ;

//Step 6: Execute the Query

pStmt.setString(1 , addVar);
pStmt.setString(2, nameVar);
// sql = “UPDATE Person SET address = “defence” WHERE name = “ali” ”

int num = pStmt.executeUpdate();

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 Example Code: Modify JdbcDmlEx.java 15.1
Executing Prepared Statements

//Step 7: Process the results of the query

//Step 8: close the connection

}catch (Exception sqlEx) {

} //end main
}//end class

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 Compile & Execute

Before execution

After execution

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 ResultSet

Row 
numbers ResultSet
0 id Name Address phoneNum

1 1 ali model town 9203256

2 2 usman gulberg 8219065

3 3 raza defence 5173946

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