JDBC –

Java DataBase Connectivity

Accessing a Database in Java

Different Applications in Java

 Standalone Applications

 Web Applications

 Mobile Applications

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Different Editions of Java

 J2SE (Java to Standard Edition)

 J2EE (Java to Enterprise Edition)

 J2ME (Java to Micro Edition)

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J2EE Multi-tier Architecture
 J2EE is a multi-tier architecture (four layered
architecture).
1. Client tier
2. Web tier
3. Business logic tier
4. Database tier

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J2EE Multi-tier Architecture

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What is JDBC?
 JDBC helps us to connect to a database and execute
SQL statements against a database. JDBC API provides
set of interfaces and there are different implementations
respective to different databases
 What‟s an API?
 “An API that lets you access virtually any tabular data
source from the Java programming language”
 What‟s a tabular data source?
 “… access virtually any data source, from relational databases to
spreadsheets and flat files.”

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General Architecture

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 JDBC Architecture
Oracle
Driver

Oracle

Java DB2
JDBC
Application Driver

DB2
Network

MySQL
Driver
We will
use this one… MySQL
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What is JDBC Driver ?

 JDBC drivers implement the defined interfaces in the JDBC

API for interacting with your database server.
 For example, using JDBC drivers enable you to open
database connections and to interact with it by sending
SQL or database commands then receiving results with
Java.
 The Java.sql package that ships with JDK contains various
classes with their behaviors defined and their actual
implementations are done in third-party drivers. Third party
vendors implements the java.sql.Driver interface in their
database driver.
 A driver is nothing but software required to connect to a
database from Java program.
JDBC Drivers Types:

 JDBC driver implementations vary because of the

wide variety of operating systems and hardware
platforms in which Java operates. Sun has divided
the implementation types into four categories
 Type 1: JDBC-ODBC Bridge

 Type 2: Native-API/partly Java driver

 Type 3: Net-protocol/all-Java driver

 Type 4: Native-protocol/all-Java driver

 Two-tier and three-tier architecture
 The JDBC API supports a two-tier and a
three-tier architecture for database access.
two-tier model three-tier model
In a two-tier model, a Java In a three-tier model, i.e. client, server
application/applet communicates and database. It is a Java application
directly with the database, via the JDBC /applet communicates with a middle tier
driver. The Java application/applet and component that functions as an
the database can be on the same application server. The application
machine, or the database can be on a server talks to a given database using
server and the Java application/applet JDBC.
can be on a client machine using any
network protocol.
Type 1: JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver
 In a Type 1 driver, a JDBC bridge is
used to access ODBC(Object Database
connectivity) drivers installed on each
client machine.
 Using ODBC requires configuring on
your system a Data Source Name
(DSN) that represents the target
database.
 When Java first came out, this was a
useful driver because most databases
only supported ODBC access but now
this type of driver is recommended
only for experimental use or when no
other alternative is available.
 The JDBC-ODBC bridge that comes
with JDK 1.2 is a good example of this
kind of driver.
Type 2: JDBC-Native API:
 In a Type 2 driver, JDBC API calls
are converted into native C/C++
API calls which are unique to the
database. These drivers typically
provided by the database vendors
and used in the same manner as
the JDBC-ODBC Bridge, the
vendor-specific driver must be
installed on each client machine.
 If we change the Database we
have to change the native API as it
is specific to a database and they
are mostly obsolete now but you
may realize some speed increase
with a Type 2 driver, because it
eliminates ODBC's overhead.
 The Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
driver is an example of a Type 2
driver.
Type 3: JDBC-Net pure Java:
 In a Type 3 driver, a three-tier
approach i.e. client, server and
database is used.
 The JDBC clients use standard
network sockets to communicate
with an middleware application
server.
 The socket information is then
translated by the middleware
application server into the call format
required by the DBMS, and
forwarded to the database server.
 This kind of driver is extremely
flexible, since it requires no code
installed on the client and a single
driver can actually provide access to
multiple databases.
 Type 4: 100% pure Java:
 In a Type 4 driver, a pure Java-based
driver that communicates directly with
vendor's database through socket
connection.
 This is the highest performance driver
available for the database and is
usually provided by the vendor itself.
 This kind of driver is extremely
flexible, you don't need to install
special software on the client or
server.
 Further, these drivers can be
downloaded dynamically.
 MySQL's Connector/J driver is a Type
4 driver.
 Because of the proprietary nature of
their network protocols, database
vendors usually supply type 4 drivers.
Which Driver should be used?

 If you are accessing one type of database, such as

Oracle, Sybase, or IBM, the preferred driver type is 4.
 If your Java application is accessing multiple types of
databases at the same time, type 3 is the preferred
driver.
 Type 2 drivers are useful in situations where a type 3 or
type 4 driver is not available yet for your database.
 The type 1 driver is not considered a deployment-level
driver and is typically used for development and testing
purposes only.
JDBC Driver for MySQL (Connector/J)

 Download Connector/J using binary distribution

from :
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.0.
html
 To install simply unzip (or untar) and put mysql-
connector-java-[version]-bin.jar (I have installed
mysql-connector-java-5.0.4-bin.jar) in the
class path
 For online documentation, see :
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/connect
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Basic steps to use
a database in Java

 1.Establish a connection
 2.Create JDBC Statements
 3.Execute SQL Statements
 4.GET ResultSet
 5.Close connections

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1. Establish a connection
 import java.sql.*;
 Load the vendor specific driver
 Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver ");
 What do you think this statement does, and how?
 Dynamically loads a driver class, for MYSQL database

try {
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
}
catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
System.out.println("Couldn't load the Driver");
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1. Establish a connection
 Make the connection
 Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(
“jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/ “+dbname,username,
passwd);
 Establishes connection to database by obtaining
a Connection object

Connection con = null;

try {
con = DriverManager.getConnection
("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydb", username, passwd);
}
catch (SQLException e) {
System.out.println("Couldn't Obtain the connection");
} 20
Database URL
The format of a database URL is:

String DB_URL = "jdbc:mysql://dbserver:3306/mydb";

Protocol Sub-protocol Hostname Port DatabaseName

 Port is the TCP port number where the database server

is listening.
 3306 is the default port for MySQL
 Use hostname "localhost" for the local machine.
Database URL
The hostname and port are optional.
For MySQL driver: defaults are localhost and port 3306

Example: These 4 URL refer to the same database

"jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/world"
"jdbc:mysql://localhost/world"
"jdbc:mysql:///world"
"jdbc:mysql:/world"
Driver class names
 Oracle: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
 MySQL: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
 MS SQL Server:
com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver

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How to Execute SQL Commands
The Statement interface defines many execute methods:
Resultset rs =
statement.executeQuery("SELECT ...");
 use for statements that return data values (SELECT)
 Returns results as a ResultSet object
int count =
statement.executeUpdate("UPDATE ...");
 Use for DROP TABLE, CREATE TABLE
 use for INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE
boolean b =
statement.execute("DROP TABLE test");
 use to execute any SQL statement(s)
2. Create JDBC statement(s)
 Creating the query
 Obtain any of the Statement object in order to execute
the query.
 Statement object can be either Statement,
PreparedStatement, or CallableStatement.
 Use createStatement() method of Connection class to
create the simple Statement

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2. Create JDBC statement(s) &
Executing SQL Statements
 Executing the query
 Once the statement is ready, Execute the SQL
query using executeQuery() method.
 It returns a ResultSet object.

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3. Executing SQL Statements
Statement st = null;
ResultSet rs = null;
String qry = "select * from stud";
try {
st = con.createStatement();
rs = st.executeQuery(qry);
}
catch (SQLException e) {
System.out.println("Error while processing SQL
query");
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3. Executing SQL Statements
String createtab = "Create table stud " +
"(USN VARCHAR(10), Name VARCHAR(32), " +
"Marks Integer)";

stmt.executeUpdate(createtab);

String insertstud = "Insert into stud values“ +“(cs-

01,aaa,89)";

stmt.executeUpdate(insertstud);

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4. Get ResultSet
String querystud = "select * from stud";
ResultSet rs = Stmt.executeQuery(querystud);
while (rs.next()) {
String usn = rs.getString(“USN");
String name = rs.getString("NAME");
int marks = rs.getInt("MARKS");
}

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5. Close connection
 Last step is to close the database connection.
 This releases the external resources like cursor,
handlers etc.
try {
stmt.close();
pstmt.close();
rs.close();
con.close();
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Error while closing the connection");
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Statements in JDBC
 A Statement is an interface that represents a SQL
statement.
 You execute Statement objects, and they generate
ResultSet objects, which is a table of data
representing a database result set.
 You need a Connection object to create a Statement
object.

 Example,
 stmt = con.createStatement();
Statements in JDBC
 There are three different kinds of statements:

 Statement:
 Used to implement simple SQL statements with no
parameters.

 PreparedStatement: (Extends Statement)

 Used for precompiling SQL statements that might contain
input parameters. These input parameters will be given a
value in the runtime.

 CallableStatement: (Extends PreparedStatement)

 Used to execute stored procedures that may contain both
input and output parameters.
Statement
 The Statement object is used whenever a J2EE
component needs to immediately execute a query
without first having the query compiled.

 Before you can use a Statement object to execute a SQL

statement, you need to create one using the Connection
object's createStatement() method.

Statement st = null;
try {
st = con.createStatement();
} catch (SQLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Statement
 Once you've created a Statement object, you can then use
it to execute a SQL statement with one of its three execute
methods.

 boolean execute(String SQL):

 Returns a boolean value of true if a ResultSet object can
be retrieved; otherwise, it returns false.
 Use this method to execute SQL DDL statements or when
you need to use truly dynamic SQL.
Statement
 int executeUpdate(String SQL) :
 Returns the numbers of rows affected by the execution of
the SQL statement.
 Use this method to execute SQL statements for INSERT,
UPDATE, or DELETE statement.

 ResultSet executeQuery(String SQL) :

 Returns a ResultSet object.
 Use this method when you expect to get a result set, as
you would with a SELECT statement.
JDBC Programs

Program to read employee details from the

EMPLOYEE Table.

EMPLOYEE(id integer, name varchar, project

varchar, salary integer)

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JDBC Programs

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JDBC Programs

Program to update an employee details in the

EMPLOYEE Table. Update the salary to
45000 of an employee with id = 10.

EMPLOYEE(id integer, name varchar, project

varchar, salary integer)

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JDBC Programs

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JDBC Programs

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PreparedStatement
 The PreparedStatement is used to compile the query first
before executing it.

 The PreparedStatement interface extends the Statement

interface.

 This statement gives you the flexibility of supplying input

arguments dynamically.

 All parameters (arguments) are represented by the ?

symbol, which is known as the place holder.
PreparedStatement
 You must supply values for every parameter before
executing the SQL statement.

 The setXXX() methods bind values to the parameters,

where XXX represents the Java data type of the value.

 Each parameter marker is referred to by its ordinal

position. The first marker represents position 1, the next
position 2, and so forth.

 All of the Statement object's methods for interacting with

the database: execute(), executeQuery(), and
executeUpdate() also work with the PreparedStatement
object.
PreparedStatement
JDBC Programs

 Insert a new row into the EMPLOYEE Table using

Prepared Statements.

 EMPLOYEE(id integer, name varchar, project

varchar, salary integer)
JDBC Programs
JDBC Programs

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CallableStatement
 CallableStatement object is used to execute a call to the
stored procedure from within a J2EE object.

 The stored procedure can be written in PL/SQL, Transact-

SQL, C, or another programming language.

 The stored procedure is a block of code and is identified

by a unique name.
CallableStatement
Example:

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE getStudName

(STUD_ID IN VARCHAR, STUDENT_NAME OUT
VARCHAR) AS
BEGIN
SELECT name INTO STUDENT_NAME
FROM Student
WHERE ID = STUD_ID;
END;
CallableStatement

 Three types of parameters exist:

1. IN

2. OUT

3. INOUT

 IN:
 A parameter whose value is unknown when the SQL
statement is created.
 You bind values to IN parameters with the setXXX()
methods.
CallableStatement
 OUT:
 A parameter whose value is supplied by the SQL
statement it returns.
 You should register this parameter using
registerOutParameter() method.
 You retrieve values from the OUT parameters with the
getXXX() methods.

 INOUT:
 A parameter that provides both input and output values.
 You bind variables with the setXXX() methods and retrieve
values with the getXXX() methods.
CallableStatement
JDBC Programs

 Retrieve the Project Name of an Employee with id

= 12 from the EMPLOYEE Table using Callable
Statements.

 EMPLOYEE(id integer, name varchar, project

varchar, salary integer)
JDBC Programs
JDBC Programs

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ResultSet in JDBC

 A ResultSet object maintains a virtual cursor that

points to a row in the result set.

 The "result set" refers to the virtual table of row and

column data contained in a ResultSet object.

 The virtual cursor is initially positioned above the first

row of data when the ResultSet is returned by
executeQuery() method.
ResultSet in JDBC
 There are various methods in the ResultSet interface.
 These methods can be grouped into three categories
as follows

1. Get Methods: Used to view the data in the

columns of the current row being pointed by the
virtual cursor.
2. Navigational Methods: Used to move the virtual
cursor around the virtual table.
3. Update methods: Used to update the data in the
columns of the current row.
Reading the ResultSet using Get
methods
 There is a get method in ResultSet interface for each
of the possible data types of the form getXXX() where
XXX is the data type of the column, and each get
method has two versions:

 One that takes in a column name.

 Example: String name = rs.getString("name");

 One that takes in a column index.

 Example: String name = rs.getString(1);
ResultSet Methods for Getting Data
ResultSet "get" methods return column data:
getLong( 3 ) : get by column index (most efficient)
getLong( "population" ) : get by field name (safest)
getInt( ), getLong( ) - get Integer field value
getFloat( ), getDouble() - get floating pt. value
getString( ) - get Char or Varchar field value
getDate( ) - get Date or Timestamp field value
getBoolean( ) - get a Bit field value
getBytes( ) - get Binary data
getBigDecimal( ) - get Decimal field as BigDecimal
getBlob( ) - get Binary Large Object
getObject( ) - get any field value
Scrollable ResultSet

 Types of ResultSet:

 ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY
 The cursor can only move forward in the result set.

 This is the default.

 ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE
 The cursor can scroll forwards and backwards.

 The result set is not sensitive to changes made by

others to the database that occur after the result set
was created.
Scrollable ResultSet

 Types of ResultSet:

 ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_SENSITIVE
 The cursor can scroll forwards and backwards.

 The result set is sensitive to changes made by

others to the database that occur after the result set
was created.
JDBC 2 – Scrollable Result Set
 JDBC 2.0 includes scrollable result sets. Additional methods
included are : „first‟, „last‟, „previous‟, and other methods
Statement stmt =
con.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE,
ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY);

String query = “select name from stud where type=‘not sleeping’ “;

ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery( query );

rs.previous(); / / go back in the RS (not possible in JDBC 1…)
rs.relative(-5); / / go 5 records back
rs.relative(7); / / go 7 records forward
rs.absolute(100); / / go to 100th record
…
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Concurrency of ResultSet
 Rows contained in ResultSet's virtual table can either be
read only or be updatable.

 ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY
 Creates a read-only result set.
 This is the default.

 ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE
 Creates an updateable result set.

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 Concurrency of ResultSet
Example 1:
Statement st = null;
st=con.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE,
ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE);

Example 2:
Statement st = null;
st=con.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_SENSITIVE,
ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE)

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Updating a ResultSet

 The ResultSet interface contains a collection of update

methods for updating the data of a result set.
 As with the get methods, there are two updateXXX()
methods for each data type, where XXX is the data
type of the column:

 One that takes in a column name.

 Example: rs.updateString(“name", “XYZ");

 One that takes in a column index.

 Example: rs.updateString(1, “XYZ");
Updating a ResultSet
 Updating a row in the result set changes the columns
of the current row in the ResultSet object (virtual
table), but not in the underlying database.

 To update your changes to the row in the database,

you need to invoke one of the following methods.

 public void updateRow()

 public void deleteRow()

 public void insertRow()

Updating a ResultSet
Updating the ResultSet

rs = st.executeQuery(qry);
while (rs.next())
{
if (rs.getString("name").equals(“XYZ"))
{
rs.updateString("name", “ABCD");
rs.updateRow();
}
}
Updating a ResultSet
Deleting a Row

rs = st.executeQuery(qry);
while (rs.next())
{
if (rs.getString("name").equals(“PQR"))
{
rs.deleteRow();
}
}
Updating a ResultSet
Updating a ResultSet
Meta Data

 There are two types of metadata that can be

retrieved from the DBMS.

 DatabaseMetaData which is the data about the

database

 ResultSetMetaData which is the data about the

Result Set

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DatabaseMetaData
 Meta data is the data about the data.

 A J2EE component can access the metadata by

using the DatabaseMetaData interface.

 It is used to retrieve information about databases,

tables, column, indexes, etc.

 getMetaData() method of Connection object is used

to retrieve the metadata about the database.

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DatabaseMetaData
 Different methods in DatabaseMetaData interface:
Methods Information
getDatabaseProductName() Returns the product name of the
DBMS
getUserName() Returns the username

getURL() Returns the URL for the database

getSchemas() Returns all the schema names

available in this database
getPrimaryKeys() Returns primary keys

getProcedures() Returns stored procedure names

getTables() Returns names of tables in the 75

database
DatabaseMetaData

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ResultSetMetaData
 ResultSetMetaData interface describes the Result
set (virtual database).
 getMetaData() method of the ResultSet object can
be used to retrieve the Result set metadata.
 Commonly used methods in ResultSetMetaData
interface

Methods Information
getColumnCount() Returns the number of columns
obtained in the ResultSet
getColumnName(int number) Returns the name of the column
specified by the column number
getColumnType(int number) Returns the data type of the column 77
specified by the column number
ResultSetMetaData

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Data Types

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Handling Errors with Exceptions
 There are three kinds of exceptions that are thrown
by JDBC methods.

 SQLException

 SQLWarning

 DataTruncation

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Handling Errors with Exceptions
 SQLException:
 It commonly reflects a syntax error in the query and is
thrown by many of the methods.

 SQLWarning:
 It throws warnings received by the connection from
the DBMS.
 The getWarning() method of the Connection object
retrieves the warning and the getNextWarning()
method retrieves the subsequent warnings.

 DataTruncation:
 It is thrown whenever a data is lost due to the 81
truncation of the data value.
Handling Errors with Exceptions

 Programs should recover and leave the database in

a consistent state.
 If a statement in the try block throws an exception or
warning, it can be caught in one of the
corresponding catch statements
 How might a finally {…} block be helpful here?
 E.g., you could rollback your transaction in a
catch { …} block or close database connection and
free database related resources in finally {…} block

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Database Transaction
 A Database Transaction consists of a set of SQL
statements, each of which must be successfully
completed for the transaction to be completed.

 If one fails, SQL statements that executed

successfully up to that point in the transaction must
be rolled back.

 A database transaction, by definition, must be

atomic, consistent, isolated and durable (ACID).

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Database Transaction
 Atomicity: Atomicity requires that each transaction is
"all or nothing": if one part of the transaction fails,
the entire transaction fails, and the database state is
left unchanged.

 Consistency: The consistency property ensures that

any transaction will bring the database from one
valid state to another.

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Database Transaction
 Isolation: The isolation property ensures that the
concurrent execution of transactions results in a
system state that would be obtained if transactions
were executed serially, i.e. one after the other.

 Durability: Durability means that once a transaction

has been committed, it will remain so, even in the
event of power loss, crashes, or errors. In a
relational database, for instance, once a group of
SQL statements execute, the results need to be
stored permanently.
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commit() and rollback() methods
 A database transaction isn't completed until the
J2EE component calls the commit() method of the
Connection object.

 All SQL statements executed prior to the call to the

commit() method can be rolled back.

 However, once the commit() method is called, none

of the SQL statements can be rolled back.

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commit() and rollback() methods
 The commit() method must be called regardless if
the SQL statement is part of a transaction or not.

 Till now, we never issued a commit() on the

database but still we were able to save the data in
the database.

 This is because of the auto commit feature of the

database connection.

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commit() and rollback() methods

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commit() and rollback() methods

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Using Savepoints
 A transaction may consist of many tasks, some of
which don't need to be rolled back when the
transaction fails.
 The J2EE component can control the number of
tasks that are rolled back by using savepoints.
 A savepoint is a virtual marker that defines the task
at which the rollback stops.
 When you set a savepoint you define a logical
rollback point within a transaction.
 If an error occurs past a savepoint, you can use the
rollback method to undo either all the changes or
only the changes made after the savepoint. 90
Using Savepoints

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Using Savepoints

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Batching SQL statements
 Batch Processing allows you to group related SQL
statements into a batch and submit them with one
call to the database.

 When you send several SQL statements to the

database at once, you reduce the amount of
communication overhead, thereby improving
performance.

 The addBatch() method of Statement,

PreparedStatement, and CallableStatement is used
to add individual statements to the batch. 93
Batching SQL statements
 The executeBatch() is used to start the execution of
all the statements grouped together.

 The executeBatch() returns an array of integers, and

each element of the array represents the update
count for the respective update statement.

 A value of -1 indicates the failure of update

statement.

 You can remove the statements with the

clearBatch() method.
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Batching SQL statements

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Batching SQL statements

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Creating mysql database, table
and inserting data
 sql>show databases;
 sql>create database mydb;
 sql>use mydb;
 sql>create table admin (username varchar(15),
password varchar(15),type varchar(5));
 sql>show tables;
 sql>insert into admin values
(„aa1‟,‟Abc@123‟,‟user1‟);
 sql>commit;
 sql>select * from admin; 97
Creating mysql database, table
and inserting data
 sql>show databases;
 sql>create database mydb;
 sql>use mydb;
 sql>create table admin (username varchar(15),
password varchar(15),type varchar(5));
 sql>show tables;
 sql>insert into admin values
(„aa1‟,‟Abc@123‟,‟user1‟);
 sql>commit;
 sql>select * from admin; 98