25.8. Manipulating Databases with JDBC
In this section, we present two examples. The first example introduces how to connect to a database and query the database. The second example demonstrates how to display the result of the query in a JTable.
25.8.1. Connecting to and Querying a Database
The example of Fig. 25.23 performs a simple query on the books database that retrieves the entire authors table and displays the data. The program illustrates connecting to the database, querying the database and processing the result. The following discussion presents the key JDBC aspects of the program. [Note: Sections 25.5—25.7 demonstrate how to start the MySQL server, configure a user account and create the books database. These steps must be performed ...
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