The ResultSet interface contains a collection of update methods for updating the data of a result set.

As with the get methods, there are two update methods for each data type −

• One that takes in a column name.

• One that takes in a column index.

For example, to update a String column of the current row of a result set, you would use one of the following updateString() methods −

There are update methods for the eight primitive data types, as well as String, Object, URL, and the SQL data types in the java.sql package.

Updating a row in the result set changes the columns of the current row in the ResultSet object, but not in the underlying database. To update your changes to the row in the database, you need to invoke one of the following methods.

Following is the example, which makes use of the ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE and ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE described in the Result Set tutorial. This example would explain INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE operation on a table.

It should be noted that tables you are working on should have Primary Key set properly. Let”s update our referece table first.

Drop the table and Create the table Employees again as follows −

mysql> use TUTORIALSPOINT;
mysql> drop table Employees;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.08 sec)
mysql> create table Employees
    -> (
    -> id int primary key auto_increment,
    -> age int not null,
    -> first varchar (255),
    -> last varchar (255)
    -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.08 sec)
mysql>

Create Data Records

Finally you create few records in Employee table as follows −

mysql> INSERT INTO Employees(AGE, FIRST, LAST) VALUES (18, ''Zara'', ''Ali'');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.05 sec)

mysql> INSERT INTO Employees(AGE, FIRST, LAST) VALUES (25, ''Mahnaz'', ''Fatma'');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> INSERT INTO Employees(AGE, FIRST, LAST) VALUES (30, ''Zaid'', ''Khan'');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> INSERT INTO Employees(AGE, FIRST, LAST) VALUES (28, ''Sumit'', ''Mittal'');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>

Copy and paste the following example in TestApplication.java, compile and run as follows −

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

public class TestApplication {
   static final String DB_URL = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/TUTORIALSPOINT";
   static final String USER = "guest";
   static final String PASS = "guest123";
   static final String QUERY = "SELECT id, first, last, age FROM Employees";

   public static void printResultSet(ResultSet rs) throws SQLException{
      // Ensure we start with first row
      rs.beforeFirst();
      while(rs.next()){
         // Display values
         System.out.print("ID: " + rs.getInt("id"));
         System.out.print(", Age: " + rs.getInt("age"));
         System.out.print(", First: " + rs.getString("first"));
         System.out.println(", Last: " + rs.getString("last"));
      }
      System.out.println();
   }

   public static void main(String[] args) {
      // Open a connection
      try(Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(DB_URL, USER, PASS);
         Statement stmt = conn.createStatement(
         ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE,
         ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE);
         ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(QUERY);
      ) {		

         System.out.println("List result set for reference....");
         printResultSet(rs);

         // Loop through result set and add 5 in age
         // Move to Before first position so while-loop works properly
         rs.beforeFirst();
         //STEP 7: Extract data from result set
         while(rs.next()){
            // Retrieve by column name
            int newAge = rs.getInt("age") + 5;
            rs.updateDouble( "age", newAge );
            rs.updateRow();
         }
         System.out.println("List result set showing new ages...");
         printResultSet(rs);

         // Insert a record into the table.
         // Move to insert row and add column data with updateXXX()
         System.out.println("Inserting a new record...");
         rs.moveToInsertRow();
         rs.updateString("first","John");
         rs.updateString("last","Paul");
         rs.updateInt("age",40);
         // Commit row
         rs.insertRow();

         System.out.println("List result set showing new set...");
         printResultSet(rs);	

      } catch (SQLException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      } 
   }
}

Now let us compile the above example as follows −

C:>javac TestApplication.java
C:>

When you run TestApplication, it produces the following result −

C:>java TestApplication
List result set for reference....
ID: 1, Age: 18, First: Zara, Last: Ali
ID: 2, Age: 25, First: Mahnaz, Last: Fatma
ID: 3, Age: 30, First: Zaid, Last: Khan
ID: 4, Age: 28, First: Sumit, Last: Mittal

List result set showing new ages...
ID: 1, Age: 23, First: Zara, Last: Ali
ID: 2, Age: 30, First: Mahnaz, Last: Fatma
ID: 3, Age: 35, First: Zaid, Last: Khan
ID: 4, Age: 33, First: Sumit, Last: Mittal

Inserting a new record...
List result set showing new set...
ID: 1, Age: 23, First: Zara, Last: Ali
ID: 2, Age: 30, First: Mahnaz, Last: Fatma
ID: 3, Age: 35, First: Zaid, Last: Khan
ID: 4, Age: 33, First: Sumit, Last: Mittal
ID: 5, Age: 40, First: John, Last: Paul
C:>