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JDBC: ResultSet Interface


The object of ResultSet maintains a cursor pointing to a particular row of data. Initially, cursor points to before the first row.

By default, ResultSet object can be moved forward only and it is not updatable.
But we can make this object to move forward and backward direction by passing either TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE or TYPE_SCROLL_SENSITIVE in createStatement(int,int) method as well as we can make this object as updatable by:


Statement stmt = con.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE,
ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE);

Commonly used methods of ResultSet interface:

  1. public boolean next(): is used to move the cursor to the one row next from the current position.
  2. public boolean previous(): is used to move the cursor to the one row previous from the current position.
  3. public boolean first(): is used to move the cursor to the first row in result set object.
  4. public boolean last(): is used to move the cursor to the last row in result set object.
  5. public boolean absolute(int row): is used to move the cursor to the specified row number in the ResultSet object.
  6. public boolean relative(int row): is used to move the cursor to the relative row number in the ResultSet object, it may be positive or negative.
  7. public int getInt(int columnIndex): is used to return the data of specified column index of the current row as int.
  8. public int getInt(String columnName): is used to return the data of specified column name of the current row as int.
  9. public String getString(int columnIndex): is used to return the data of specified column index of the current row as String.
  10. public String getString(String columnName): is used to return the data of specified column name of the current row as String.

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JDBC: Difference between Statement, PreparedStatement and CallableSatement


JDBC API introduced statement, PreparedStatement and CallableStatemnet to execute different types of queries:

  1. Statement : Used to execute Normal SQL Queries.
  2. PreparedStatement: Used to execute dynamic or parameterized queries.
  3. CallableStatement: Used to execute StoredProcedure.

Statement Vs PreparedStatement Vs CallableStatement

Statement Prepared Statement Callable Statement
It is used to execute normal SQL queries. It is used to execute dynamic or parameterized SQL queries. It is used to execute Stored procedure or function.
It is proffered when particular query to be executed only once. It is proffered when particular query to be executed multiple times. It is proffered when stored procedure or functions to be executed.
You can no pass parameter to query by using this interface. You can pass parameter to query at run time by using this interface. You can pass three types of parameters by using this interface IN, OUT and IN OUT
This interface mainly used for DDL statements like CREATE, ALTER , DROP etc. This is used to be any kind of SQL queries which are used multiple times It is used with Stored Procedure and functions.
The performance of this interface is very low. The performance of this interface is better than query while using with multiple queries. Performance of this interface is very high because stored procedure execute on database end.
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