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JDBC
Dr. Jim Arlow
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What is JDBC
JDBC, often known as Java
Database Connectivity,
provides a Java API for
updating and querying
relational databases using
Structured Query Language
(SQL)
JDBC is now at version 2.0,
although many databases
don’t as yet support all of
the JDBC 2.0 features!
Java Application
or Applet
JDBC
RDBMS

The 4 step approach to JDBC
Every JDBC program is made up of the
following 4 steps:
Open a connection to the DB
Execute a SQL statement
Process the result
Close the connection to the DB
We’ll look at
each of the
four steps
in detail!

Example JDBC program
1. open connection to DB
2. execute SQL statement
3. process result
4. close connection to DB
1 import java.sql.*;
2 class SelectProducts
3 {
4 public static void main(java.lang.String[ ] args)
5 {
6 try
7 {
8 Class.forName( "COM.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2Driver" );
9 Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection( "jdbc:db2:TEST", "db2admin", " db2admin " );
10 Statement statement = con.createStatement( );
11 ResultSet rs = statement.executeQuery("SELECT NAME, PRICE FROM PRODUCT");
12 while ( rs.next( ) )
13 {
14 String name = rs.getString( "NAME" );
15 float price = rs.getFloat( "PRICE" );
16 System.out.println("Name: "+name+", price: "+price);
17 }
18 statement.close( );
19 con.close( );
20 }
21 catch( Exception e ) { e.printStackTrace( ); }
22 }
23 }
1
2
3
4

Opening a connection to the DB
There are two parts to this:
loading a driver – we need a driver to allow
our Java program to talk to the DB
opening the connection itself

Loading a driver
The first step in using JDBC is to load a driver.
Here are some examples:
Class.forName( "COM.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2Driver" );
Class.forName( "sun.jdbc.JdbcOdbcDriver" );
The IBM DB2 driver:
The SUN JDBC/ODBC Bridge driver:

There are 4 categories of driver
Type 1 JDBC-ODBC Bridge (Native Code)
provides a Java bridge to ODBC
implemented in native code and requires some non-Java software
on the client
Type 2 Native-API (Partly Java)
uses native code to access the DB with a thin Java wrapper
can crash the JVM
Type 3 Net-protocol (All Java)
defines a generic network protocol that interfaces with some
middleware that accesses the DB
Type 4 Native-protocol (All Java)
written entirely in Java

Type 1 JDBC-ODBC Bridge
Provides a Java bridge to
ODBC
Implemented in native code
and requires some non-
Java software on the client
Not a mandatory
component of the JDK, and
is not automatically
supported by Java run-time
environments
Only recommended for light
use
Java application
ODBC driver
Type 1 JDBC/ODBC
result setSQL command
proprietary
protocol

Type 2 Native API
Converts JDBC commands
into DBMS-specific native
calls
Implemented in native code
and requires some non-
Java software on the client
Interfaces directly with the
DB, so has performance
advantages over Type 1
Java application
Native database library
Type 2 JDBC driver
proprietary
protocol

Type 3 JDBC-Net drivers
A three tier solution
Allows pure Java clients
Can change DBMS
without affecting the
client
Java application
Type 3 JDBC driver
proprietary
protocol most flexible
JDBC Driver
Middleware

Type 4 Native Protocol drivers
Native Protocol drivers
communicate directly with
the DB
They convert JDBC
commands directly into the
DB’s native protocol
No additional transformation
or middleware layers,
therefore has high
performance
Java application
Type 4 Pure Java
result set
using
proprietary
protocol
SQL command
using
proprietary
protocol
best
performance

Making a connection
Next, the driver must connect to the DBMS:
The object con gives us an open database
connection
DB URL
login password
optional

Creating Statements
A Statement object is used to send SQL
statements to the DB
First we get a Statement object from
our DB connection con
10 Statement statement =con.createStatement( );

Example – creating a table
2 class CreateProductTable
3 {
5 {
6 try
7 {
9 String url = "jdbc:db2:TEST";
10 Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection( url, "db2admin", "db2admin" );
11 Statement statement = con.createStatement();
12 String createProductTable = "CREATE TABLE PRODUCT " +
13 "(NAME VARCHAR(64), " +
14 "ID VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL, " +
15 "PRICE FLOAT, " +
16 "DESC VARCHAR(256), " +
17 "PRIMARY KEY(ID))";
18 statement.executeUpdate( createProductTable );
19 } catch( Exception e ) { e.printStackTrace(); }
20 }
21 }

executeUpdate(String sql)
Use the executeUpdate() method of the Statement
object to execute DDL and SQL commands that
update a table (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE):
Be careful to always put spaces in the SQL string at the right places!
12 String createProductTable = "CREATE TABLE PRODUCT " +
13 "(NAME VARCHAR(64), " +
14 "ID VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL, " +
15 "PRICE FLOAT, " +
16 "DESC VARCHAR(256), " +
17 "PRIMARY KEY(ID))";
18 statement.executeUpdate( createProductTable );

Example: inserting rows
2 class InsertProducts
3 {
5 {
6 try
7 {
10 Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection( url, "db2admin", " db2admin " );
12 statement.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO PRODUCT " +
13 "VALUES ( 'UML User Guide', " +
14 "'0-201-57168-4', 47.99, 'The UML user guide')" );
15 statement.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO PRODUCT " +
16 "VALUES ( 'Java Enterprise in a Nutshell', " +
17 "'1-56592-483-5', 29.95, 'A good introduction to J2EE')" );
18 con.close();
19 statement.close();
20 }catch( Exception e ) { e.printStackTrace(); }
21 }
22 }

executeQuery(String sql)
We use the executeQuery(…) method of the
Statement object to execute a SQL statement that
returns a single ResultSet:
Typically, the SQL statement is a SQL SELECT
executeQuery(…) always returns a ResultSet,
never null. However, the ResultSet may be empty

Example: selecting rows
2 class SelectProducts
3 {
5 {
6 try
7 {
13 {
17 }
18 statement.close();
19 con.close();
21 }
22 }

ResultSet
ResultSet objects provide access to a table
usually they provide access to the pseudo table that is the result of
a SQL query
ResultSet objects maintain a cursor pointing to the current
row of data
this cursor initially points before the first row and is moved to the
first row by the next() method
13 {
17 }

Types of ResultSet
Depending on the parameters passed into the
Connection.createStatement(…) method, we can get
a total of 6 different types of ResultSet returned!
Passing no arguments to createStatement() gives a
default forward-only read-only ResultSet
We’ll look at the possible values for type and
concurrency next…
Statement statement = con.createStatement( type, concurrency);
JDBC
2.0

type
type = semantics
ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_SENSITIVE Scrollable. Reflects changes made to
the underlying data
ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE Scrollable. Does not reflect changes
made to the underlying data
ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY Not scrollable. Does not reflect
changes made to the underlying data
N.B. Scrollable means that we can navigate forwards and
backwards through the ResultSet
JDBC
2.0

concurrency
concurrency = semantics
ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY
the ResultSet may not be
updated
ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE
the ResultSet may be
updated
JDBC
2.0

getXXX(…) methods
The ResultSet has a wide range of methods to
return SQL types such as VARCHAR as equivalent
Java types
For example rs.getString(“NAME”) returns the
product name as a String
in fact, we can get any of the SQL types with getString(…)
and it will automatically be converted to a String
The getXXX(…) methods can take a column name or
the number of the column
column numbers start at 1 and go from left to right
see notes!

ResultSet navigation methods
Method Semantics
first() Moves cursor to first row
last() Moves cursor to last row
next() Moves cursor to next row
previous() Moves cursor to previous row
beforeFirst() Moves cursor to just before the first row
afterLast() Moves cursor to just after the last row
absolute(int) Moves cursor to a row index. If positive – counting from
the front, if negative – from the back
relative(int) Moves cursor a relative number of rows, positive or
negative from the current position
JDBC
2.0

Working with ResultSets
We can limit the number of rows that a ResultSet
can contain by using:
Statement statement = con.createStatement();
statement.setMaxRows(100);
If a Statement returns multiple ResultSets, then we
can move to the next ResultSet as follows:
while ( statement.getMoreResults() )
{
rs = statement. getResultSet();
…

Updateable ResultSet
If the statement is created to be of type
ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE, then we
may be able to update the database by
modifying the ResultSet itself
this may not be supported by all DBMSs as it is
not a mandatory requirement for JDBC 2.0
compatibility
JDBC
2.0

updateXXX(…) methods
Like the getXXX(…) methods, the ResultSet has a
wide range of updateXXX(…) methods to change
the value of SQL types in the ResultSet
For example rs.updateString(“PRICE”, 40.0F)
changes the price of a product
we have to be very careful that that all the types in an
update expression match
The updateXXX(…) methods can take a column
name or the number of the column
column numbers start at 1 and go from left to right
JDBC
2.0

Updating a row
This is a three step procedure:
navigate to the appropriate row using a
SELECT and ResultSet navigation methods
update the field values in the ResultSet
write the change back to the DB
rs.first();
rs.updateFloat("PRICE", 40.0F);
rs.updateRow();
JDBC
2.0

Inserting a row
This is a three step procedure:
navigate to insert row
update the field values in the ResultSet
write the row to the DB
JDBC
2.0
rs.moveToInsertRow();
rs.updateString("NAME", "UML Distilled");
rs.updateString("ID", "0-201-32563-2");
rs.updateFloat("PRICE", 40.0F);
rs.insertRow();

Deleting a row
This is a simple two step procedure:
navigate to row to be deleted
delete the row
JDBC
2.0
rs.last();
rs.deleteRow();

Prepared statements
If we want to execute the same SQL
statement several times, we can create a
PreparedStatement object:
at the point of creation of a PreparedStatement
object the SQL code is sent to the DB and
compiled. Subsequent executions may therefore
be more efficient than normal statements
PreparedStatements can take parameters

Prepared statement example
2 class PreparedStatementTest
3 {
5 {
6 try
7 {
10 PreparedStatement findBooks = con.prepareStatement(
11 "SELECT NAME FROM PRODUCT WHERE NAME LIKE ? " );
12 findBooks.setString( 1, "%Java%" );
13 ResultSet rs = findBooks.executeQuery();
14 while ( rs.next() )
15 { System.out.println("Name: "+ rs.getString( "NAME" ) ); }
16 findBooks.setString( 1, "%UML%" );
17 rs = findBooks.executeQuery();
20 { System.out.println("Name: "+ rs.getString( "NAME" ) ); }
21 findBooks.close();
22 con.close();
24 }
25 }

Transactions
Normally each SQL statement will be committed
automatically when it has completed executing
(auto commit is on)
A group of statements can be committed together
by turning auto commit off, and explicitly
committing the statements ourselves
This ensures that if any of the statements fail, they
all fail. We can then roll back the transaction

JDBC transaction modes
TRANSACTION_NONE
transactions are disabled or not supported
TRANSACTION_READ_UNCOMITTED
other transactions may see the results before the transaction is committed
“dirty read” - uncommitted rows might be rolled back if the transaction fails.
TRANSACTION_READ_COMMITTED
dirty reads are not allowed.
TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ
if a transaction performs multiple reads on a row that is being changed by another
transaction, then it does not see the changes
TRANSACTION_SERIALIZABLE
same as TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ but also protects against row insertions
if a transaction does a read, another transaction inserts a row, and the first transaction
does another read, the first transaction does not see the new row.
con.setTransactionIsolation( mode )

Transaction example
2 class TransactionTest
3 {
5 {
6 try
7 {
11 Statement s = con.createStatement();
12 try
13 {
14 con.setAutoCommit( false );
15 s.executeUpdate("UPDATE PRODUCT SET PRICE = 40.00 WHERE ID = '0-201-57168-4' " );
16 s.executeUpdate(
17 "UPDATE REVIEW SET COMMENT = 'Now on sale!' WHERE BOOKID = '0-201-57168-4' " );
18 con.commit();
19 }catch( SQLException e ) { con.rollback(); }
20 finally{ con.close(); s.close(); }
21 }catch( Exception e ){ e.printStackTrace(); }
22 }
23 }

Batch updates
JDBC 1.0 was very inefficient for loading a lot of data
into a DB - a separate SQL command had to be
executed for each record changed
JDBC 2.0 allows batch updates
multiple statements can be executed as a single batch
we can roll back the whole batch if a single statement fails
We simply add statements to be batched to a
Statement or PreparedStatement object using
addBatch()!
We can remove the statements using clearBatch()
JDBC
2.0

Batch update example
2 class BatchInsertProducts
3 {
4 public static void main(java.lang.String[ ] args) throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException
5 {
9 Statement s = con.createStatement();
10 try
11 {
12 con.setAutoCommit( false );
13 s.addBatch("INSERT INTO PRODUCT " + "VALUES ( 'The Object Constraint Language', " +
15 "'0-201-37940-4', 29.95, 'All about constraints')" );
16 s.addBatch("INSERT INTO PRODUCT " + "VALUES ( 'The Rational Unified Process', " +
18 "'0-201-60459-0',29.95, 'A good introduction to RUP')" );
19 int[ ] count = s.executeBatch( );
20 con.commit( );
21
22 }catch( SQLException e ) { con.rollback( ); }
23 finally{ con.close( ); s.close( ); }
24 }
25 }
JDBC
2.0

Stored procedures
The syntax for defining a stored procedure is
different for each DBMS
use the stored procedure tools that come with
the RDBMS
The syntax for calling a stored procedure is
different for each DBMS
JDBC defines a special escape sequence syntax
that allows stored procedures to be called in the
same way on any RDBMS

Escape sequences
The ? represents a return value
<procedure-name> is the name of the stored
procedure
<arg1> etc. are the arguments passed into
and out of the stored procedure
{?= call <procedure-name>(<arg1>,<arg2>, …)}
{call <procedure-name>(<arg1>,<arg2>, …)}

Stored procedure example
2 class StoredProcedureExample
3 {
5 {
6 try
7 {
10 CallableStatement cs = con.prepareCall("{call DB2ADMIN.ALLPRODUCTS}");
11 cs.execute();
12 ResultSet rs = cs.getResultSet();
14 {
18 }
19 con.close();
20 cs.close();
22 }
23 }
create a callable
statement

Using input parameters
2 class StoredProcedureParameterExample
3 {
5 {
6 try
7 {
9 Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection( "jdbc:db2:TEST", "db2admin", "db2admin" );
10 CallableStatement cs = con.prepareCall("{call DB2ADMIN.FINDPROD2(?)}");
11 cs.setString( 1, "%UML%" );
12 cs.execute();
13 ResultSet rs = cs.getResultSet();
15 {
19 }
20 con.close();
21 cs.close();
23 }
24 }
we specify a
single parameter
set the
parameter value

Metadata
JDBC has facilities to get information about a
ResultSet or DB
for a ResultSet, this information may include the number
and names of the columns, the types of the columns etc.
for a DB this information may include the name of the
driver, the DB URL etc.
This information about a ResultSet or DB is known as
metadata
See the following classes for details:
ResultSet – see ResultSetMetadata
Database – see DatabaseMetadata

Getting metadata
Getting database metadata:
Statement statement = con.createStatement();
ResultSet rs = statement.executeQuery("SELECT NAME, PRICE FROM PRODUCT");
ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData( );
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection( "jdbc:db2:TEST", "db2admin", "db2admin" );
DatabaseMetaData dmd = con.getMetaData( );
Getting ResultSet metadata:

Summary
We have looked at:
4 step approach to JDBC
Connection
drivers
Statement
PreparedStatement
batch update
transactions
CallableStatement (stored procedures)
ResultSet handling
Metadata

Appendix: IBM DB2 (v6)

Installing the JDBC 2.0 driver
To install JDBC 2.0:
go to the directory sqllibjava12
run the command usejdbc2
To switch back to 1.2.2:
go to the directory sqllibjava12
run the command usejdbc1

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