String link = "http://hosted.ap.org";
I want to find whether the given url is already existing in the SQL DB under the table name "urls". If the given url is not found in that table i need to insert it in to that table.
As I am a beginner in Java, I cannot really reach the exact code.
Please advise on this regard on how to search the url in the table.
I am done with the SQL Connection using the java code. Please advise me on the searching and inserting part alone as explained above.
PreparedStatement insert = connectin.preparedStateme("insert into urls(url) vlaues(?)");
PreparedStatement search = connectin.preparedStateme("select * from urls where url = ?");
search.setString(1, <your url value to search>);
ResultSet rs = search.executeQuery();
if (!rs.hasNext()) {
insert.setString(1, <your url value to insert>);
insert.executeUpdate();
}
//finally close your statements and connection ...
i assumed that you only have one field your table and field name is url. if you have more fields you need to add them in insert query.
You need to distinguish between two completely separate things: SQL (Structured Query Language) is the language which you use to communicate with the DB. JDBC (Java DataBase Connectivity) is a Java API which enables you to execute SQL language using Java code.
To get data from DB, you usually use the SQL SELECT statement. To insert data in a DB, you usually use the SQL INSERT INTO statement
To prepare a SQL statement in Java, you usually use Connection#prepareStatement(). To execute a SQL SELECT statement in Java, you should use PreparedStatement#executeQuery(). It returns a ResultSet with the query results. To execute a SQL INSERT statement in Java, you should use PreparedStatement#executeUpdate().