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What is ResultSet Interface in Java?

Published on Sep 27,2019 4.9K Views


The SQL statements that read data from a database query, return the data in a result set. The SELECT statement is the standard way to select rows from a database and view them in a result set. java.sql ResultSet interface in Java represents the result set of a database query. In this article, we will understand the ResultSet interface in Java.

 

What is ResultSet?

A ResultSet object maintains a cursor that points to the current row in the result set.

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The term “result set” refers to the row and column data contained in a ResultSet object.

 

Commonly used Methods of ResultSet Interface in Java

MethodsDescription
public boolean next():

Used to move the cursor to the one row next from the current position.

public boolean previous():

Used to move the cursor to the one row previous from the current position.

public boolean first():

Used to move the cursor to the first row in result set object.

public boolean last():

Used to move the cursor to the last row in result set object.

public boolean absolute(int row):

Used to move the cursor to the specified row number in the ResultSet object.

public boolean relative(int row):

Used to move the cursor to the relative row number in the ResultSet object, it may be positive or negative.

public int getInt(int columnIndex):

Used to return the data of specified column index of the current row as int.

public int getInt(String columnName):

Used to return the data of specified column name of the current row as int.

public String getString(int columnIndex):

Used to return the data of specified column index of the current row as String.

public String getString(String columnName):

Used to return the data of specified column name of the current row as String.

 

Example for ResultSet Interface

//STEP 1. Import required packages

import java.sql.*;

public class JDBCExample {

   // JDBC driver name and database URL

   static final String JDBC_DRIVER = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";  

   static final String DB_URL = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/EMP";



   //  Database credentials

   static final String USER = "username";

   static final String PASS = "password";
 

public static void main(String[] args) {

   Connection conn = null;

   Statement stmt = null;

   try{

      //STEP 2: Register JDBC driver

      Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");



      //STEP 3: Open a connection

      System.out.println("Connecting to database...");

      conn = DriverManager.getConnection(DB_URL,USER,PASS);




      //STEP 4: Execute a query to create statment with

      // required arguments for RS example.

      System.out.println("Creating statement...");

      stmt = conn.createStatement(

                           ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE,

                           ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY);

      String sql;

      sql = "SELECT id, first, last, age FROM Employees";

      ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);



      // Move cursor to the last row.

      System.out.println("Moving cursor to the last...");

      rs.last();

      

      //STEP 5: Extract data from result set

      System.out.println("Displaying record...");

      //Retrieve by column name

      int id  = rs.getInt("id");

      int age = rs.getInt("age");

      String first = rs.getString("first");

      String last = rs.getString("last");

  

      //Display values

      System.out.print("ID: " + id);

      System.out.print(", Age: " + age);

      System.out.print(", First: " + first);

      System.out.println(", Last: " + last);



      // Move cursor to the first row.

      System.out.println("Moving cursor to the first row...");

      rs.first();

      

      //STEP 6: Extract data from result set

      System.out.println("Displaying record...");

      //Retrieve by column name

      id  = rs.getInt("id");

      age = rs.getInt("age");

      first = rs.getString("first");

      last = rs.getString("last");

  

      //Display values

      System.out.print("ID: " + id);

      System.out.print(", Age: " + age);

      System.out.print(", First: " + first);

      System.out.println(", Last: " + last);

     // Move cursor to the first row.



      System.out.println("Moving cursor to the next row...");

      rs.next();

      

      //STEP 7: Extract data from result set

      System.out.println("Displaying record...");

      id  = rs.getInt("id");

      age = rs.getInt("age");

      first = rs.getString("first");

      last = rs.getString("last");

  

      //Display values

      System.out.print("ID: " + id);

      System.out.print(", Age: " + age);

      System.out.print(", First: " + first);

      System.out.println(", Last: " + last);




      //STEP 8: Clean-up environment

      rs.close();

      stmt.close();

      conn.close();

   }catch(SQLException se){

      //Handle errors for JDBC

      se.printStackTrace();

   }catch(Exception e){

      //Handle errors for Class.forName

      e.printStackTrace();

   }finally{

      //finally block used to close resources

      try{

         if(stmt!=null)

            stmt.close();

      }catch(SQLException se2){

      }// nothing we can do

      try{

         if(conn!=null)

            conn.close();

      }catch(SQLException se){

         se.printStackTrace();

      }//end finally try

   }//end try

   System.out.println("Goodbye!");

}//end main

}//end JDBCExample

Output:

ResultSet Interface in Java

 

With this, we come to an end of this ResultSet Interface in Java Article. I hope you got an understanding of how to use this function.

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