Find Current Row of ResultSet Object Using JDBC

The getRow() method of the ResultSet class returns the row number at which the ResultSet pointer exists in the current instance.

Assume we have a table named cricketers_data with 6 records as shown below:

+------------+------------+---------------+----------------+-------------+
| First_Name | Last_Name  | Date_Of_Birth | Place_Of_Birth | Country     |
+------------+------------+---------------+----------------+-------------+
| Shikhar    | Dhawan     | 1981-12-05    | Delhi          | India       |
| Jonathan   | Trott      | 1981-04-22    | CapeTown       | SouthAfrica |
| Lumara     | Sangakkara | 1977-10-27    | Matale         | Srilanka    |
| Virat      | Kohli      | 1987-04-30    | Delhi          | India       |
| Rohit      | Sharma     | 1987-04-30    | Nagpur         | India       |
| Ravindra   | Jamnagar   | 1988-12-06    | NULL           | India       |
+------------+------------+---------------+----------------+-------------+

Following JDBC program establishes a connection with the database, retrieves the contents of the cricketers_data table into a ResultSet object and prints the current position of the ResultSet pointer.

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.Statement;
public class ResultSet_CurrentRow {
   public static void main(String args[])throws Exception {
      //Registering the Driver
      DriverManager.registerDriver(new com.mysql.jdbc.Driver());
      //Getting the connection
      String mysqlUrl = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/mydatabase";
      Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(mysqlUrl, "root", "password");
      System.out.println("Connection established......");
      //Creating a Statement object
      Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
      //Query to retrieve the contents of the employee_data table
      String query = "select * from cricketers_data";
      //Executing the query
      ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(query);
      //Moving the ResultSet pointer to a particular position
      rs.absolute(2);
      //Getting the current row of the ResultSet object
      int current_row = rs.getRow();
      System.out.println(current_row);
   }
}

Output

Connection established......
2