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Java Hibernate Basics Data Persistence & ORMs Using JDBC to Connect to a Database

Ly Nguyen
Ly Nguyen
8,749 Points
Posted by Ly Nguyen
Ly Nguyen
8,749 Points

How do you create a statement and execute a query using Java and SQL?

I believe I am following the right steps but the compiler says that it cannot find the symbol.

Application.java 
// Load class "org.sqlite.JDBC"

// Establish connection to database named "treehouse.db"
try(Connection c = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:sqlite:treehouse.db")) {
  Class.forName("org.sqlite.JDBC");
  Statement stmt = null;
  stmt = c.createStatement();
  ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("INSERT INTO languages (id, name) VALUES (2, 'Java')");
} catch(SQLException ex) {

}
Ly Nguyen
Ly Nguyen
8,749 Points
Ly Nguyen
Ly Nguyen
8,749 Points

I was able to figure out my mistake. I should have run the executeUpdate method instead of executeQuery method. Also, there is no ResultSet created if you're not querying.

New code that passes:

// Load class "org.sqlite.JDBC"

// Establish connection to database named "treehouse.db"
try(Connection c = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:sqlite:treehouse.db")) {
  Class.forName("org.sqlite.JDBC");
  Statement stmt = c.createStatement();
  stmt.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO languages (id, name) VALUES (2, 'Java')");
} catch(SQLException ex) {

}