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JDBC_select.java

/*
Database Programming with JDBC and Java, Second Edition
By George Reese
ISBN: 1-56592-616-1

Publisher: O'Reilly
*/

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.Statement;

/**
 * Example 3.1.
 */
public class Select {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    String url = "jdbc:msql://carthage.imaginary.com/ora";
    Connection con = null;

    try {
      String driver = "com.imaginary.sql.msql.MsqlDriver";

      Class.forName(driver).newInstance();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println("Failed to load mSQL driver.");
      return;
    }
    try {
      con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "borg", "");
      Statement select = con.createStatement();
      ResultSet result = select
          .executeQuery("SELECT test_id, test_val FROM test");

      System.out.println("Got results:");
      while (result.next()) { // process results one row at a time
        int key = result.getInt(1);
        String val = result.getString(2);

        System.out.println("key = " + key);
        System.out.println("val = " + val);
      }
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
      if (con != null) {
        try {
          con.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
        }
      }
    }
  }
}