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JDBC - Transactions
If your JDBC Connection is in auto-commit mode, which it is by default, then every SQL
statement is committed to the database upon its completion.
That may be fine for simple applications, but there are three reasons why you may want
to turn off the auto-commit and manage your own transactions −
To increase performance.
To maintain the integrity of business processes.
To use distributed transactions.
Transactions enable you to control if, and when, changes are applied to the database. It
treats a single SQL statement or a group of SQL statements as one logical unit, and if
any statement fails, the whole transaction fails.
To enable manual- transaction support instead of the auto-commit mode that the JDBC
driver uses by default, use the Connection object's setAutoCommit() method. If you
pass a boolean false to setAutoCommit( ), you turn off auto-commit. You can pass a
boolean true to turn it back on again.
For example, if you have a Connection object named conn, code the following to turn off
auto-commit −
[Link](false);
Commit & Rollback
Once you are done with your changes and you want to commit the changes then call
commit() method on connection object as follows −
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[Link]( );
Otherwise, to roll back updates to the database made using the Connection named conn,
use the following code −
[Link]( );
The following example illustrates the use of a commit and rollback object −
try{
//Assume a valid connection object conn
[Link](false);
Statement stmt = [Link]();
String SQL = "INSERT INTO Employees " +
"VALUES (106, 20, 'Rita', 'Tez')";
[Link](SQL);
//Submit a malformed SQL statement that breaks
String SQL = "INSERTED IN Employees " +
"VALUES (107, 22, 'Sita', 'Singh')";
[Link](SQL);
// If there is no error.
[Link]();
}catch(SQLException se){
// If there is any error.
[Link]();
}
In this case, none of the above INSERT statement would success and everything would
be rolled back.
For a better understanding, let us study the Commit & Rollback - Example Code.
Using Savepoints
The new JDBC 3.0 Savepoint interface gives you the additional transactional control.
Most modern DBMS, support savepoints within their environments such as Oracle's
PL/SQL.
When you set a savepoint you define a logical rollback point within a transaction. If an
error occurs past a savepoint, you can use the rollback method to undo either all the
changes or only the changes made after the savepoint.
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The Connection object has two new methods that help you manage savepoints −
setSavepoint(String savepointName) − Defines a new savepoint. It also
returns a Savepoint object.
releaseSavepoint(Savepoint savepointName) − Deletes a savepoint. Notice
that it requires a Savepoint object as a parameter. This object is usually a
savepoint generated by the setSavepoint() method.
There is one rollback (String savepointName) method, which rolls back work to the
specified savepoint.
The following example illustrates the use of a Savepoint object −
try{
//Assume a valid connection object conn
[Link](false);
Statement stmt = [Link]();
//set a Savepoint
Savepoint savepoint1 = [Link]("Savepoint1");
String SQL = "INSERT INTO Employees " +
"VALUES (106, 20, 'Rita', 'Tez')";
[Link](SQL);
//Submit a malformed SQL statement that breaks
String SQL = "INSERTED IN Employees " +
"VALUES (107, 22, 'Sita', 'Tez')";
[Link](SQL);
// If there is no error, commit the changes.
[Link]();
}catch(SQLException se){
// If there is any error.
[Link](savepoint1);
}
In this case, none of the above INSERT statement would success and everything would
be rolled back.
For a better understanding, let us study the Savepoints - Example Code.
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