Although JdbcCheckup.java is a simple program, it demonstrates several important functions by executing the following:
imports the necessary Java classes, including JDBC classes
registers the JDBC driver
connects to the database
executes a simple query
outputs the query results to your screen
"First Steps in JDBC", describes these functions in greater detail. A listing of JdbcCheckup.java for the JDBC OCI driver appears below.
/*
* This sample can be used to check the JDBC installation.
* Just run it and provide the connect information. It will select
* "Hello World" from the database.
*/
// You need to import the java.sql package to use JDBC
import java.sql.*;
// We import java.io to be able to read from the command line
import java.io.*;
class JdbcCheckup
{
public static void main(String args[])
throws SQLException, IOException
{
// Load the Oracle JDBC driver
DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());
// Prompt the user for connect information
System.out.println("Please enter information to test connection to
the database");
String user;
String password;
String database;
user = readEntry("user: ");
int slash_index = user.indexOf('/');
if (slash_index != -1)
{
password = user.substring(slash_index + 1);
user = user.substring(0, slash_index);
}
else
password = readEntry("password: ");
database = readEntry("database(a TNSNAME entry): ");
System.out.print("Connecting to the database...");
System.out.flush();
// Create a statement
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
// Do the SQL "Hello World" thing
ResultSet rset = stmt.executeQuery("select 'Hello World'
from dual");
while (rset.next())
System.out.println(rset.getString(1));
// close the result set, the statement and connect
rset.close();
stmt.close();
conn.close();
System.out.println("Your JDBC installation is correct.");
}
// Utility function to read a line from standard input
static String readEntry(String prompt)
{
try
{
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
System.out.print(prompt);
System.out.flush();
int c = System.in.read();
while (c != '\n' && c != -1)
{
buffer.append((char)c);
c = System.in.read();
}
return buffer.toString().trim();
}
catch(IOException e)
{
return "";
}
}
}