package testdb; /** * Title: testdb * Description: simple hello world db example of a * standalone persistent db application * * every time it runs it adds four more rows to sample_table * it does a query and prints the results to standard out * * Author: Karl Meissner karl@meissnersd.com */ import java.sql.*; public class testdb { Connection conn; //our connnection to the db - presist for life of program // we dont want this garbage collected until we are done public testdb(String db_file_name_prefix) throws Exception // note more general exception { // Load the HSQL Database Engine JDBC driver // hsqldb.jar should be in the class path or made part of the current jar Class.forName("org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver"); // connect to the database. This will load the db files and start the // database if it is not alread running. // db_file_name_prefix is used to open or create files that hold the state // of the db. // It can contain directory names relative to the // current working directory conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:hsqldb:" + db_file_name_prefix, // filenames "sa", // username ""); // password } public void shutdown() throws SQLException { conn.close(); // if there are no other open connection // db writes out to files and shuts down // this happens anyway at garbage collection // when program ends } //use for SQL commands CREATE and SELECT public synchronized void query(String expression) throws SQLException { Statement st = null; ResultSet rs = null; st = conn.createStatement(); // statement objects can be reused with // repeated calls to execute but we // choose to make a new one each time rs = st.executeQuery(expression); // run the query // do something with the result set. dump(rs); st.close(); // NOTE!! if you close a statement the associated ResultSet is // closed too // so you should copy the contents to some other object. // the result set is invalidated also if you recycle an Statement // and try to execute some other query before the result set has been // completely examined. } //use for SQL commands DROP and INSERT and UPDATE public synchronized void update(String expression) throws SQLException { Statement st = null; st = conn.createStatement(); // statements int i = st.executeUpdate(expression); // run the query if (i == -1) { System.out.println("db error : " + expression); } st.close(); } // void update() public static void dump(ResultSet rs) throws SQLException { // the order of the rows in a cursor // are implementation dependent unless you use the SQL ORDER statement ResultSetMetaData meta = rs.getMetaData(); int colmax = meta.getColumnCount(); int i; Object o = null; // the result set is a cursor into the data. You can only // point to one row at a time // assume we are pointing to BEFORE the first row // rs.next() points to next row and returns true // or false if there is no next row, which breaks the loop for (;rs.next();) { for (i = 0; i < colmax; ++i) { o = rs.getObject(i + 1); // Is SQL the first column is indexed // with 1 not 0 System.out.print(o.toString() + " "); } System.out.println(" "); } } //void dump( ResultSet rs ) public static void main(String[] args) { testdb db = null; try { db = new testdb("db_file"); } catch (Exception ex1) { ex1.printStackTrace(); // could not start db return; // bye bye } try { //make an empty table // // by declaring the id column IDENTITY, the db will automatically // generate unique values for new rows- useful for row keys db.query( "CREATE TABLE sample_table ( id INTEGER IDENTITY, str_col VARCHAR(256), num_col INTEGER)"); } catch (SQLException ex2) { //ignore //ex2.printStackTrace(); // second time we run program // should throw execption since table // already there // // this will have no effect on the db } try { // add some rows - will create duplicates if run more then once // the id column is automatically generated db.update( "INSERT INTO sample_table(str_col,num_col) VALUES('Ford', 100)"); db.update( "INSERT INTO sample_table(str_col,num_col) VALUES('Toyota', 200)"); db.update( "INSERT INTO sample_table(str_col,num_col) VALUES('Honda', 300)"); db.update( "INSERT INTO sample_table(str_col,num_col) VALUES('GM', 400)"); // do a query db.query("SELECT * FROM sample_table WHERE num_col < 250"); // at end of program db.shutdown(); } catch (SQLException ex3) { ex3.printStackTrace(); } } // main() } // class testdb