JDBC in JAVA 5
Connecting to Oracle Database using Thin Driver
To connect a Java application with Oracle database using Thin Driver. You need to follow the following steps,
1. Load Driver Class: The Driver Class for oracle database is oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver and Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver") method is used to load the driver class for Oracle database.
2. Create Connection: For creating a connection you will need a Connection URL. The Connection URL for Oracle is.
jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:XE
jdbc - API
oracle - Database
thin - Driver Type
localhost - server name on which oracle is running
1521 - Port Number
XE - Oracle Service Name
You will also require Username and Password of your Oracle Database Server for creating connection.
3. Loading jar file: To connect your java application with Oracle, you will also need to load ojdbc14.jar file. This file can be loaded into 2 ways.
Copy the jar file into C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\lib\ext folder. or,
Set it into classpath.
NOTE: Here we are discussing about Oracle 10g as database. For other version of Oracle you will be require to do some small changes in the Connection URL.
Example
Create a table in Oracle Database
create table Student(sid number(10),sname varchar2(20))
Insert some record into the table
insert into Student values(101,'vraj');insert into Student values(102,'abhi');
Accessing record from Student table in Java application
import java.sql.*;
class Test{
public static void main(String []args){
try{
//Loading driver
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
//creating connection
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection
("jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:XE","username","password");
Statement s=con.createStatement(); //creating statement
ResultSet rs=s.executeQuery("select * from Student"); //executing statement
while(rs.next()){
System.out.println(rs.getInt(1)+" "+rs.getString(2));
}
con.close(); //closing connection
}catch(Exception e){
e.printStacktrace();
}
}
}
Output:
101 vraj
102 abhi
Inserting record into a table using java application
import java.sql.*;
class Test{
public static void main(String []args){
try{
//Loading driver...
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
//creating connection...
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection
("jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:XE","username","password");
PreparedStatement pst=con.prepareStatement("insert into Student values(?,?)");
pst.setInt(1,104);
pst.setString(2,"Alex");
pst.executeUpdate();
con.close(); //closing connection
}catch(Exception e){
e.printStacktrace();
}
}
}