CRUD.java

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

public class CRUD {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        System.out.println("Connect to SQL Server and demo Create, Read, Update and Delete operations.");
        String connectionUrl = "jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=master;user=sa;password=your_password";

        try {
            // Load SQL Server JDBC driver and establish connection.
            System.out.print("Connecting to SQL Server ... ");
            try (Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionUrl)) {
                System.out.println("done.");

                // Create a sample database
                System.out.print("Dropping and creating database 'SampleDB' ... ");
                //   //SS: Blank comment. Remove it 
                String sql = "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS [SampleDB]; CREATE DATABASE [SampleDB]";
                try (Statement statement = connection.createStatement()) {
                    statement.executeUpdate(sql);
                    System.out.println("done.");
                }

                // Create a Table and insert some sample data
                System.out.print("Creating sample table with data, press ENTER to continue...");
                System.in.read();
                sql = new StringBuilder()
                        .append("USE SampleDB; ")
                        .append("CREATE TABLE Employees ( ")
                        .append(" Id INT IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, ")
                        .append(" Name NVARCHAR(50), ")
                        .append(" Location NVARCHAR(50) ")
                        .append("); ")
                        .append("INSERT INTO Employees (Name, Location) VALUES ")
                        .append("(N'Jared', N'Australia'), ")
                        .append("(N'Nikita', N'India'), ")
                        .append("(N'Tom', N'Germany'); ")
                        .toString();
                try (Statement statement = connection.createStatement()) {
                    statement.executeUpdate(sql);
                    System.out.println("done.");
                }

                // INSERT demo
                System.out.print("Inserting a new row into table, press ENTER to continue...");
                System.in.read();
                sql = new StringBuilder()
                        .append("INSERT Employees (Name, Location) ")
                        .append("VALUES (?, ?);")
                        .toString();
                try (PreparedStatement statement = connection.prepareStatement(sql)) {
                    statement.setString(1, "Jake");
                    statement.setString(2, "United States");
                    int rowsAffected = statement.executeUpdate();
                    System.out.println(rowsAffected + " row(s) inserted");
                }

                // UPDATE demo
                String userToUpdate = "Nikita";
                System.out.print("Updating 'Location' for user '" + userToUpdate + "', press ENTER to continue...");
                System.in.read();
                sql = "UPDATE Employees SET Location = N'United States' WHERE Name = ?";
                try (PreparedStatement statement = connection.prepareStatement(sql)) {
                    statement.setString(1, userToUpdate);
                    int rowsAffected = statement.executeUpdate();
                    System.out.println( rowsAffected + " row(s) updated");
                }

                // DELETE demo
                String userToDelete = "Jared";
                System.out.print("Deleting user '" + userToDelete + "', press ENTER to continue...");
                System.in.read();
                sql = "DELETE FROM Employees WHERE Name = ?;";
                try (PreparedStatement statement = connection.prepareStatement(sql)) {
                    statement.setString(1, userToDelete);
                    int rowsAffected = statement.executeUpdate();
                    System.out.println( rowsAffected + " row(s) deleted");
                }

                // READ demo
                System.out.print("Reading data from table, press ENTER to continue...");
                System.in.read();
                sql = "SELECT Id, Name, Location FROM Employees;";
                try (Statement statement = connection.createStatement();
                     ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery(sql)) {
                    while (resultSet.next()) {
                        System.out.println(resultSet.getInt(1) + " " + resultSet.getString(2) + " " + resultSet.getString(3));
                    }
                }

                System.out.println("All done.");
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {  // Do you want to restrict your exception to SqlException instead of catching all Exceptions? 
            System.out.println(""); // SS: If you want to print a new line you dont have to use "" you can simply do System.out.println();
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}