There a number of pure Java SQL database systems develolpers can embed into applications. In this tip we introduce two open source projects, HSQLDB and Apache Derby.

How Java, JDBC and HSQLDB works. With the HSQLDB JDBC setup and configuration complete, it’s time to write a Java class that: imports java.sql.* has a main method that throws the generic Exception; ...

Null pointer exception is an “exception” (error) that is particularly common when programming in Java. For a beginner, this is a confusing and daunting message to receive, but it can be just ...

In this blog post, I demonstrate an advantage of being more explicit in typing when using Groovy SQL with an Oracle database to avoid a potential “Invalid column index” SQLException because I ...

Peter Haggar is an Advisory Software Engineer with IBM in Research Triangle Park, NC. He can be contacted at [email protected]. EXCEPTION HANDLING IS a very powerful and useful feature of the Java ...

In Java, exceptions are one of many structures that govern the control flow of a program. Specifically, they are unintended side effects of a program's normal execution. When writing code that can ...

Make a SQL-to-Java Connection Apply SQL Server's Type 4 JDBC driver to connect Java applications to the database server. by Deepak Vohra. May 1, 2006. T he SQL Server 2005 database is available in ...

Try essentially asks Java to try and do something. If the operation is successful, then the program will continue running as normal. If it is unsuccessful, then you will have the option to reroute ...