Just Java™ 2, Fifth Edition

Chapter 27. JDBC

• Downloading and Installing the Software

• Running the Example Code

• Connecting to the Database

• Executing SQL Statements

• Result Sets

• Batching SQL Statements and Transactions

• Prepared Statements and Stored Procedures

• Complete Example

• Database and Result Set Metadata

• Further Reading

• Exercises

• Light Relief—Hear Java Speak! See Java on a PDA!

In this chapter we’ll build on the relational database and SQL knowledge from Chapter 26. We’ll show how to download and install one of the several excellent open source Java-friendly relational databases available. This will let you run a database management system on your own computer and try the features in ...