Re: PreparedStatement

From:

Lew <noone@lewscanon.com>

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comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:33:57 -0400

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gk wrote:

Please see this ..

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/sql/PreparedStatement.html

PreparedStatement : An object that represents a precompiled SQL
statement.

"precompiled SQL statement" ... who compiled this ?

There are a couple of layers of compilation, one at the JDBC layer
(potentially) and the other at the DBMS server.

Precompilation is not the only benefit of prepared statements.

Is it working like this way ...when I first execute the code below
DBMS compiles when it encounter for the first time and then next time
DBMS does not compile . So, We call it precompiled.

Roughly speaking, yes, although the full truth is somewhat more complicated.

  java [sic] code:

PreparedStatement pstmt = con.prepareStatement("UPDATE EMPLOYEES
                                      SET SALARY = ? WHERE ID = ?");
    pstmt.setBigDecimal(1, 153833.00)
    pstmt.setInt(2, 110592)

If I used Statement instead of PreparedStatement does that mean
everytime DBMS will compile the SQL query ?

Roughly speaking, yes, although the full truth is somewhat more complicated.

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