Executing SQL statements

Statement interface provides number of methods to execute sql statement.

Method	Description
boolean execute(String sql)	Executes the given SQL statement, which may return multiple results.
boolean execute(String sql, int autoGeneratedKeys)	Executes the given SQL statement, which may return multiple results, and signals the driver that any auto-generated keys should be made available for retrieval.
boolean execute(String sql, int[] columnIndexes)	Executes the given SQL statement, which may return multiple results, and signals the driver that the auto-generated keys indicated in the given array should be made available for retrieval.
boolean execute(String sql, String[] columnNames)	Executes the given SQL statement, which may return multiple results, and signals the driver that the auto-generated keys indicated in the given array should be made available for retrieval.
int[] executeBatch()	Submits a batch of commands to the database for execution and if all commands execute successfully, returns an array of update counts.
long[] executeLargeBatch()	Submits a batch of commands to the database for execution and if all commands execute successfully, returns an array of update counts.
long executeLargeUpdate(String sql)	Executes the given SQL statement, which may be an INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement or an SQL statement that returns nothing, such as an SQL DDL statement.
long executeLargeUpdate(String sql, int autoGeneratedKeys)	Executes the given SQL statement and signals the driver with the given flag about whether the auto-generated keys produced by this Statement object should be made available for retrieval.
long executeLargeUpdate(String sql, int[] columnIndexes)	Executes the given SQL statement and signals the driver that the auto-generated keys indicated in the given array should be made available for retrieval.
long executeLargeUpdate(String sql, String[] columnNames)	Executes the given SQL statement and signals the driver that the auto-generated keys indicated in the given array should be made available for retrieval.
ResultSet executeQuery(String sql)	Executes the given SQL statement, which returns a single ResultSet object.
int executeUpdate(String sql)	Executes the given SQL statement, which may be an INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement or an SQL statement that returns nothing, such as an SQL DDL statement.
int executeUpdate(String sql, int autoGeneratedKeys)	Executes the given SQL statement and signals the driver with the given flag about whether the auto-generated keys produced by this Statement object should be made available for retrieval.
int executeUpdate(String sql, int[] columnIndexes)	Executes the given SQL statement and signals the driver that the auto-generated keys indicated in the given array should be made available for retrieval.
int executeUpdate(String sql, String[] columnNames)	Executes the given SQL statement and signals the driver that the auto-generated keys indicated in the given array should be made available for retrieval.

Note

If a method does not return a ResultSet object explicitly, then you can call the Statement.getResultSet() method to get the ResultSet object.

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