H2 is a JAVA database. We can interact with this database by using JDBC. In this chapter, we will see how to create a JDBC connection with the H2 database and the CRUD operations with the H2 database.
Generally, there are five steps to create a JDBC connection.
Step 1 ā Registering the JDBC database driver.
Class.forName ("org.h2.Driver");
Step 2 ā Opening the connection.
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection ("jdbc:h2:~/test", "sa","");
Step 3 ā Creating a statement.
Statement st = conn.createStatement();
Step 4 ā Executing a statement and receiving Resultset.
Stmt.executeUpdate("sql statement");
Step 5 ā Closing a connection.
conn.close();
Before moving on to create a full program, we need to addĀ the h2-1.4.192.jar fileĀ to CLASSPATH. We can get thisĀ jarĀ from the folderĀ C:\Program Files (x86)\H2\bin.
Create Table
In this example, we will write a program to create a table. Consider a table namedĀ RegistrationĀ having the following fields.
| S.No | Column Name | Data Type | NOT NULL | Primary Key |
| 1 | ID | Number | Yes | Yes |
| 2 | First | Varchar(255) | No | No |
| 3 | Last | Varchar(255) | No | No |
| 4 | Age | Number | No | No |
Following is an example program named H2jdbcCreateDemo.
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
public class H2jdbcCreateDemo {
// JDBC driver name and database URL
static final String JDBC_DRIVER = "org.h2.Driver";
static final String DB_URL = "jdbc:h2:~/test";
// Database credentials
static final String USER = "sa";
static final String PASS = "";
public static void main(String[] args) {
Connection conn = null;
Statement stmt = null;
try {
// STEP 1: Register JDBC driver
Class.forName(JDBC_DRIVER);
//STEP 2: Open a connection
System.out.println("Connecting to database...");
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(DB_URL,USER,PASS);
//STEP 3: Execute a query
System.out.println("Creating table in given database...");
stmt = conn.createStatement();
String sql = "CREATE TABLE REGISTRATION " +
"(id INTEGER not NULL, " +
" first VARCHAR(255), " +
" last VARCHAR(255), " +
" age INTEGER, " +
" PRIMARY KEY ( id ))";
stmt.executeUpdate(sql);
System.out.println("Created table in given database...");
// STEP 4: Clean-up environment
stmt.close();
conn.close();
} catch(SQLException se) {
//Handle errors for JDBC
se.printStackTrace();
} catch(Exception e) {
//Handle errors for Class.forName
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
//finally block used to close resources
try{
if(stmt!=null) stmt.close();
} catch(SQLException se2) {
} // nothing we can do
try {
if(conn!=null) conn.close();
} catch(SQLException se){
se.printStackTrace();
} //end finally try
} //end try
System.out.println("Goodbye!");
}
}
Save the above program into H2jdbcCreateDemo.java. Compile and execute the above program by executing the following commands in the command prompt.
\>javac H2jdbcCreateDemo.java
\>java H2jdbcCreateDemo
The above command produces the following output.
Connecting to database...
Creating table in given database...
Created table in given database...
Goodbye!
After this execution, we can check the table created using the H2 SQL interface.
Insert Records
In this example, we will write a program for inserting records. Let us insert the following records into the table Registration.
| ID | First | Last | Age |
| 100 | Zara | Ali | 18 |
| 101 | Mahnaz | Fatma | 25 |
| 102 | Zaid | Khan | 30 |
| 103 | Sumit | Mital | 28 |
Following is an example program named H2jdbcInsertDemo.
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
public class H2jdbcInsertDemo {
// JDBC driver name and database URL
static final String JDBC_DRIVER = "org.h2.Driver";
static final String DB_URL = "jdbc:h2:~/test";
// Database credentials
static final String USER = "sa";
static final String PASS = "";
public static void main(String[] args) {
Connection conn = null;
Statement stmt = null;
try{
// STEP 1: Register JDBC driver
Class.forName(JDBC_DRIVER);
// STEP 2: Open a connection
System.out.println("Connecting to a selected database...");
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(DB_URL,USER,PASS);
System.out.println("Connected database successfully...");
// STEP 3: Execute a query
stmt = conn.createStatement();
String sql = "INSERT INTO Registration " + "VALUES (100, 'Zara', 'Ali', 18)";
stmt.executeUpdate(sql);
sql = "INSERT INTO Registration " + "VALUES (101, 'Mahnaz', 'Fatma', 25)";
stmt.executeUpdate(sql);
sql = "INSERT INTO Registration " + "VALUES (102, 'Zaid', 'Khan', 30)";
stmt.executeUpdate(sql);
sql = "INSERT INTO Registration " + "VALUES(103, 'Sumit', 'Mittal', 28)";
stmt.executeUpdate(sql);
System.out.println("Inserted records into the table...");
// STEP 4: Clean-up environment
stmt.close();
conn.close();
} catch(SQLException se) {
// Handle errors for JDBC
se.printStackTrace();
} catch(Exception e) {
// Handle errors for Class.forName
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
// finally block used to close resources
try {
if(stmt!=null) stmt.close();
} catch(SQLException se2) {
} // nothing we can do
try {
if(conn!=null) conn.close();
} catch(SQLException se) {
se.printStackTrace();
} // end finally try
} // end try
System.out.println("Goodbye!");
}
}
Save the above program into H2jdbcInsertDemo.java. Compile and execute the above program by executing the following commands in the command prompt.
\>javac H2jdbcInsertDemo.java
\>java H2jdbcInsertDemo
The above command produces the following output.
Connecting to a selected database...
Connected database successfully...
Inserted records into the table...
Goodbye!
Read Record
In this example, we will write a program for reading records. Let us try to read all records from the table Registration.
Following is an example program named H2jdbcRecordDemo.
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
public class H2jdbcReadDemo {
// JDBC driver name and database URL
static final String JDBC_DRIVER = "org.h2.Driver";
static final String DB_URL = "jdbc:h2:~/test";
// Database credentials
static final String USER = "sa";
static final String PASS = "";
public static void main(String[] args) {
Connection conn = null;
Statement stmt = null;
try {
// STEP 1: Register JDBC driver
Class.forName(JDBC_DRIVER);
// STEP 2: Open a connection
System.out.println("Connecting to database...");
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(DB_URL,USER,PASS);
// STEP 3: Execute a query
System.out.println("Connected database successfully...");
stmt = conn.createStatement();
String sql = "SELECT id, first, last, age FROM Registration";
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
// STEP 4: Extract data from result set
while(rs.next()) {
// Retrieve by column name
int id = rs.getInt("id");
int age = rs.getInt("age");
String first = rs.getString("first");
String last = rs.getString("last");
// Display values
System.out.print("ID: " + id);
System.out.print(", Age: " + age);
System.out.print(", First: " + first);
System.out.println(", Last: " + last);
}
// STEP 5: Clean-up environment
rs.close();
} catch(SQLException se) {
// Handle errors for JDBC
se.printStackTrace();
} catch(Exception e) {
// Handle errors for Class.forName
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
// finally block used to close resources
try {
if(stmt!=null) stmt.close();
} catch(SQLException se2) {
} // nothing we can do
try {
if(conn!=null) conn.close();
} catch(SQLException se) {
se.printStackTrace();
} // end finally try
} // end try
System.out.println("Goodbye!");
}
}
Save the above program into H2jdbcReadDemo.java. Compile and execute the above program by executing the following commands in the command prompt.
\>javac H2jdbcReadDemo.java
\>java H2jdbcReadDemo
The above command produces the following output.
Connecting to a selected database...
Connected database successfully...
ID: 100, Age: 18, First: Zara, Last: Ali
ID: 101, Age: 25, First: Mahnaz, Last: Fatma
ID: 102, Age: 30, First: Zaid, Last: Khan
ID: 103, Age: 28, First: Sumit, Last: Mittal
Goodbye!
Update Records
In this example, we will write a program to update records. Let us try to read all records from the table Registration.
Following is an example program named H2jdbcUpdateDemo.
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
public class H2jdbcUpdateDemo {
// JDBC driver name and database URL
static final String JDBC_DRIVER = "org.h2.Driver";
static final String DB_URL = "jdbc:h2:~/test";
// Database credentials
static final String USER = "sa";
static final String PASS = "";
public static void main(String[] args) {
Connection conn = null;
Statement stmt = null;
try {
// STEP 1: Register JDBC driver
Class.forName(JDBC_DRIVER);
// STEP 2: Open a connection
System.out.println("Connecting to a database...");
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(DB_URL,USER,PASS);
// STEP 3: Execute a query
System.out.println("Connected database successfully...");
stmt = conn.createStatement();
String sql = "UPDATE Registration " + "SET age = 30 WHERE id in (100, 101)";
stmt.executeUpdate(sql);
// Now you can extract all the records
// to see the updated records
sql = "SELECT id, first, last, age FROM Registration";
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
while(rs.next()){
// Retrieve by column name
int id = rs.getInt("id");
int age = rs.getInt("age");
String first = rs.getString("first");
String last = rs.getString("last");
// Display values
System.out.print("ID: " + id);
System.out.print(", Age: " + age);
System.out.print(", First: " + first);
System.out.println(", Last: " + last);
}
rs.close();
} catch(SQLException se) {
// Handle errors for JDBC
se.printStackTrace();
} catch(Exception e) {
// Handle errors for Class.forName
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
// finally block used to close resources
try {
if(stmt!=null) stmt.close();
} catch(SQLException se2) {
} // nothing we can do
try {
if(conn!=null) conn.close();
} catch(SQLException se) {
se.printStackTrace();
} // end finally try
} // end try
System.out.println("Goodbye!");
}
}
Save the above program into H2jdbcUpdateDemo.java. Compile and execute the above program by executing the following commands in the command prompt.
\>javac H2jdbcUpdateDemo.java
\>java H2jdbcUpdateDemo
The above command produces the following output.
Connecting to a selected database...
Connected database successfully...
ID: 100, Age: 30, First: Zara, Last: Ali
ID: 101, Age: 30, First: Mahnaz, Last: Fatma
ID: 102, Age: 30, First: Zaid, Last: Khan
ID: 103, Age: 28, First: Sumit, Last: Mittal
Goodbye!
Delete Records
In this example, we will write a program to delete records. Let us try to read all records from the table Registration.
Following is an example program named H2jdbcDeleteDemo.
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
public class H2jdbcDeleteDemo {
// JDBC driver name and database URL
static final String JDBC_DRIVER = "org.h2.Driver";
static final String DB_URL = "jdbc:h2:~/test";
// Database credentials
static final String USER = "sa";
static final String PASS = "";
public static void main(String[] args) {
Connection conn = null;
Statement stmt = null;
try {
// STEP 1: Register JDBC driver
Class.forName(JDBC_DRIVER);
// STEP 2: Open a connection
System.out.println("Connecting to database...");
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(DB_URL,USER,PASS);
// STEP 3: Execute a query
System.out.println("Creating table in given database...");
stmt = conn.createStatement();
String sql = "DELETE FROM Registration " + "WHERE id = 101";
stmt.executeUpdate(sql);
// Now you can extract all the records
// to see the remaining records
sql = "SELECT id, first, last, age FROM Registration";
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
while(rs.next()){
// Retrieve by column name
int id = rs.getInt("id");
int age = rs.getInt("age");
String first = rs.getString("first");
String last = rs.getString("last");
// Display values
System.out.print("ID: " + id);
System.out.print(", Age: " + age);
System.out.print(", First: " + first);
System.out.println(", Last: " + last);
}
rs.close();
} catch(SQLException se) {
// Handle errors for JDBC
se.printStackTrace();
} catch(Exception e) {
// Handle errors for Class.forName
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
// finally block used to close resources
try {
if(stmt!=null) stmt.close();
} catch(SQLException se2) {
} // nothing we can do
try {
if(conn!=null) conn.close();
} catch(SQLException se) {
se.printStackTrace();
} // end finally try
} // end try
System.out.println("Goodbye!");
}
}
Save the above program into H2jdbcDeleteDemo.java. Compile and execute the above program by executing the following commands in the command prompt.
\>javac H2jdbcDeleteDemo.java
\>java H2jdbcDeleteDemo
The above command produces the following output.
Connecting to a selected database...
Connected database successfully...
ID: 100, Age: 30, First: Zara, Last: Ali
ID: 102, Age: 30, First: Zaid, Last: Khan
ID: 103, Age: 28, First: Sumit, Last: Mittal
Goodbye!
