JDBC Sample Code
JDBC Sample Code
JDBC Sample Code
This chapter provides an example of how to create a simple JDBC application. This will show you
how to open a database connection, execute a SQL query, and display the results.
All the steps mentioned in this template example, would be explained in subsequent chapters of
this tutorial.
Import the packages: Requires that you include the packages containing the JDBC classes
needed for database programming. Most often, using import java.sql.* will suffice.
Register the JDBC driver: Requires that you initialize a driver so you can open a
communication channel with the database.
Execute a query: Requires using an object of type Statement for building and submitting an
SQL statement to the database.
Extract data from result set: Requires that you use the appropriate ResultSet.getXXX
method to retrieve the data from the result set.
Clean up the environment: Requires explicitly closing all database resources versus
relying on the JVM's garbage collection.
Sample Code
This sample example can serve as a template when you need to create your own JDBC
application in the future.
This sample code has been written based on the environment and database setup done in the
previous chapter.
Copy and past the following example in FirstExample.java, compile and run as follows −
// Database credentials
static final String USER = "username";
static final String PASS = "password";
//Display values
System.out.print("ID: " + id);
System.out.print(", Age: " + age);
System.out.print(", First: " + first);
System.out.println(", Last: " + last);
}
//STEP 6: Clean-up environment
rs.close();
stmt.close();
conn.close();
}catch(SQLException se){
//Handle errors for JDBC
se.printStackTrace();
}catch(Exception e){
//Handle errors for Class.forName
e.printStackTrace();
}finally{
//finally block used to close resources
try{
if(stmt!=null)
stmt.close();
}catch(SQLException se2){
}// nothing we can do
try{
if(conn!=null)
conn.close();
}catch(SQLException se){
se.printStackTrace();
}//end finally try
}//end try
System.out.println("Goodbye!");
}//end main
}//end FirstExample
C:\>javac FirstExample.java
C:\>
C:\>java FirstExample
Connecting to database...
Creating statement...
ID: 100, Age: 18, First: Zara, Last: Ali
ID: 101, Age: 25, First: Mahnaz, Last: Fatma
ID: 102, Age: 30, First: Zaid, Last: Khan
ID: 103, Age: 28, First: Sumit, Last: Mittal
C:\>
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