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How to get data to display when selecting items from a JComBox

I´m rather lost on how to get data to display in text fields when selecting something from a JComboBox. I got 2 tables in mysql which have a connection with a constraint of a foreign key (pelicula dirID and director dirID (pelicula and director are the tables)).
I got the directors names in a list so it can be displayed in the JComboBox from a mysql query but i don´t understand how i could get the text fields to change when choosing another director.
e.g
--- Titulo --- dur-genero-pais
--- Errementari 92 Horror Basque
String queryJOIN = "SELECT p.titulo, p.duracion, p.genero, p.pais, d.nombre, d.apellido"
+ " FROM filmoteca.pelicula p, filmoteca.director d"
+ " WHERE p.dirID = d.dirID";
List<String> comboBoxNames = new ArrayList<String>();
try {
Statement stmt = newBDD.con.createStatement();
ResultSet rs2 =stmt.executeQuery(queryJOIN);
while (rs2.next() ) {
String name = rs2.getString("nombre");
String lastname = rs2.getString("apellido");
comboBoxNames.add(name + " " + lastname);
}
newBDD.con.close();
}
catch (Exception exc) {
exc.printStackTrace();
}JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox(comboBoxNames.toArray());
comboBox.setBounds(45,147,204,21);contentPane.add(comboBox);
When I add the columns with a setText it will appear but of course not change when i change the director in the combobox and that is where im having difficulties in finding a way to connect those two things so when one changes its value the other does as well.
e.g ´editorTitulo.setText(rs2.getString("titulo"));´
This is the GUI atm:

MySql Prepared Statement to check particular table JAVA

I wonder if there is a way to select table with user input in the following statement:
myStmt = db.myConn.prepareStatement("select * from Rooms where "
+ "idRooms = ?");
myStmt.setInt(1, roomNum);
myRs = myStmt.executeQuery();
Is there a possibility to do something like select * from =? where idRooms = ? to select Rooms with prepared statement upon user input?
myStmt.setString(1, Room);
mysStmt.setInt(2, roomID);
Thanks

It is not possible to add a table name as a parameter.
You can simply create a string containing your constructed query as follows:
String query = "select * from " + userParamVariable + " where idRooms = ?"

I guess you manage your tables with splitting, but unfortunately PreparedStatement does not support it, you can manually replace the table name with String.format() method.

Using a database API cursor with JDBC and SQLServer to select batch results

SOLVED (See answer below.)
I did not understand my problem within the proper context. The real issue was that my query was returning multiple ResultSet objects, and I had never come across that before. I have posted code below that solves the problem.
PROBLEM
I have an SQL Server database table with many thousand rows. My goal is to pull the data back from the source database and write it to a second database. Because of application memory constraints, I will not be able to pull the data back all at once. Also, because of this particular table's schema (over which I have no control) there is no good way for me to tick off the rows using some sort of ID column.
A gentleman over at the Database Administrators StackExchange helped me out by putting together something called a database API cursor, and basically wrote this complicated query that I only need to drop my statement into. When I run the query in SQL Management Studio (SSMS) it works great. I get all the data back, a thousand rows at a time.
Unfortunately, when I try to translate this into JDBC code, I get back the first thousand rows only.
QUESTION
Is it possible using JDBC to retrieve a database API cursor, pull the first set of rows from it, allow the cursor to advance, and then pull the subsequent sets one at a time? (In this case, a thousand rows at a time.)
SQL CODE
This gets complicated, so I'm going to break it up.
The actual query can be simple or complicated. It doesn't matter. I've tried several different queries during my experimentation and they all work. You just basically drop it into the the SQL code in the appropriate place. So, let's take this simple statement as our query:
SELECT MyColumn FROM MyTable;
The actual SQL database API cursor is far more complicated. I will print it out below. You can see the above query buried in it:
-- http://dba.stackexchange.com/a/82806
DECLARE #cur INTEGER
,
-- FAST_FORWARD | AUTO_FETCH | AUTO_CLOSE
#scrollopt INTEGER = 16 | 8192 | 16384
,
-- READ_ONLY, CHECK_ACCEPTED_OPTS, READ_ONLY_ACCEPTABLE
#ccopt INTEGER = 1 | 32768 | 65536
,#rowcount INTEGER = 1000
,#rc INTEGER;
-- Open the cursor and return the first 1,000 rows
EXECUTE #rc = sys.sp_cursoropen #cur OUTPUT
,'SELECT MyColumn FROM MyTable'
,#scrollopt OUTPUT
,#ccopt OUTPUT
,#rowcount OUTPUT;
IF #rc <> 16 -- FastForward cursor automatically closed
BEGIN
-- Name the cursor so we can use CURSOR_STATUS
EXECUTE sys.sp_cursoroption #cur
,2
,'MyCursorName';
-- Until the cursor auto-closes
WHILE CURSOR_STATUS('global', 'MyCursorName') = 1
BEGIN
EXECUTE sys.sp_cursorfetch #cur
,2
,0
,1000;
END;
END;
As I've said, the above creates a cursor in the database and asks the database to execute the statement, keep track (internally) of the data it's returning, and return the data a thousand rows at a time. It works great.
JDBC CODE
Here's where I'm having the problem. I have no compilation problems or run-time problems with my Java code. The problem I am having is that it returns only the first thousand rows. I don't understand how to utilize the database cursor properly. I have tried variations on the Java basics:
// Hoping to get all of the data, but I only get the first thousand.
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(fq.getQuery());
while (rs.next()) {
System.out.println(rs.getString("MyColumn"));
}
I'm not surprised by the results, but all of the variations I've tried produce the same results.
From my research it seems like the JDBC does something with database cursors when the database is Oracle, but you have to set the data type returned in the result set as an Oracle cursor object. I'm guessing there is something similar with SQL Server, but I have been unable to find anything yet.
Does anyone know of a way?
I'm including example Java code in full (as ugly as that gets).
// FancyQuery.java
import java.sql.*;
public class FancyQuery {
// Adapted from http://dba.stackexchange.com/a/82806
String query = "DECLARE #cur INTEGER\n"
+ " ,\n"
+ " -- FAST_FORWARD | AUTO_FETCH | AUTO_CLOSE\n"
+ " #scrollopt INTEGER = 16 | 8192 | 16384\n"
+ " ,\n"
+ " -- READ_ONLY, CHECK_ACCEPTED_OPTS, READ_ONLY_ACCEPTABLE\n"
+ " #ccopt INTEGER = 1 | 32768 | 65536\n"
+ " ,#rowcount INTEGER = 1000\n"
+ " ,#rc INTEGER;\n"
+ "\n"
+ "-- Open the cursor and return the first 1,000 rows\n"
+ "EXECUTE #rc = sys.sp_cursoropen #cur OUTPUT\n"
+ " ,'SELECT MyColumn FROM MyTable;'\n"
+ " ,#scrollopt OUTPUT\n"
+ " ,#ccopt OUTPUT\n"
+ " ,#rowcount OUTPUT;\n"
+ " \n"
+ "IF #rc <> 16 -- FastForward cursor automatically closed\n"
+ "BEGIN\n"
+ " -- Name the cursor so we can use CURSOR_STATUS\n"
+ " EXECUTE sys.sp_cursoroption #cur\n"
+ " ,2\n"
+ " ,'MyCursorName';\n"
+ "\n"
+ " -- Until the cursor auto-closes\n"
+ " WHILE CURSOR_STATUS('global', 'MyCursorName') = 1\n"
+ " BEGIN\n"
+ " EXECUTE sys.sp_cursorfetch #cur\n"
+ " ,2\n"
+ " ,0\n"
+ " ,1000;\n"
+ " END;\n"
+ "END;\n";
public String getQuery() {
return this.query;
}
public static void main(String[ ] args) throws Exception {
String dbUrl = "jdbc:sqlserver://tc-sqlserver:1433;database=MyBigDatabase";
String user = "mario";
String password = "p#ssw0rd";
String driver = "com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver";
FancyQuery fq = new FancyQuery();
Class.forName(driver);
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(dbUrl, user, password);
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
// We expect to get 1,000 rows at a time.
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(fq.getQuery());
while (rs.next()) {
System.out.println(rs.getString("MyColumn"));
}
// Alas, we've only gotten 1,000 rows, total.
rs.close();
stmt.close();
conn.close();
}
}

I figured it out.
stmt.execute(fq.getQuery());
ResultSet rs = null;
for (;;) {
rs = stmt.getResultSet();
while (rs.next()) {
System.out.println(rs.getString("MyColumn"));
}
if ((stmt.getMoreResults() == false) && (stmt.getUpdateCount() == -1)) {
break;
}
}
if (rs != null) {
rs.close();
}
After some additional googling, I found a bit of code posted back in 2004:
http://www.coderanch.com/t/300865/JDBC/databases/SQL-Server-JDBC-Registering-cursor
The gentleman who posted the snippet that I found helpful (Julian Kennedy) suggested: "Read the Javadoc for getUpdateCount() and getMoreResults() for a clear understanding." I was able to piece it together from that.
Basically, I don't think I understood my problem well enough at the outset in order to phrase it correctly. What it comes down to is that my query will be returning the data in multiple ResultSet instances. What I needed was a way to not merely iterate through each row in a ResultSet but, rather, iterate through the entire set of ResultSets. That's what the code above does.

If you want all records from the table, just do "Select * from table".
The only reason to retrieve in chunks is if there is some intermediate place for the data: e.g. if you are showing it on the screen, or storing it in memory.
If you are simply reading from one and inserting to another, just read everything from the first.You will not get any better performance by trying to retrieve in batches. If there is a difference, it will be negative. Frame your query in a way that brings back everything. The JDBC software will handle all the other breaking-up and reconstituting that you need.
However, you should batch the update/insert side of things.
The set-up would create two statements on the two connections:
Statement stmt = null;
ResultSet rs = null;
PreparedStatement insStmt = null;
stmt = conDb1.createStatement();
insStmt = conDb2.prepareStament("insert into tgt_db2_table (?,?,?,?,?......etc. ?,?) ");
rs = stmt.executeQuery("select * from src_db1_table");
Then, loop over the select as normal, but use batching on the target.
int batchedRecordCount = 0;
while (rs.next()) {
System.out.println(rs.getString("MyColumn"));
//Here you read values from the cursor and set them to the insStmt ...
String field1 = rs.getString(1);
String field2 = rs.getString(2);
int field3 = rs.getInt(3);
//--- etc.
insStmt.setString(1, field1);
insStmt.setString(2, field2);
insStmt.setInt(3, field3);
//----- etc. for all the fields
batchedRecordCount++;
insStmt.addBatch();
if (batchRecordCount > 1000) {
insStmt.executeBatch();
}
}
if (batchRecordCount > 0) {
//Finish of the final (partial) set of records
insStmt.executeBatch();
}
//Close resources...

Java adding data to table using SQL

I am using an sql query to add data data to an existing database table.
I want to add data under the columns 'Room_Resource' and 'Quantity'.
The system is designed to allow bookings and i am trying to add bookings made to a tblBookings table, the code below is taken from JButton clicked function.
The value I want to add to Room_Resource is a name taken from a selected table within the system. I declared a variable for this 'resourceChosenString'
The value I want to add to quantity is from the 'Quantity' variable i have declared in relation to a combo box.
Here are my declarations:
int selectedResourceRow = tblResources.getSelectedRow();
Object resourceChosen = tblResources.getValueAt(selectedResourceRow,1);
String resourceChosenString = resourceChosen.toString();
int Quantity = cmbQuantity.getSelectedIndex();
I then have a sql statement:
String sql = ("INSERT INTO tblBookings (Room_Resource,Quantity) VALUES (" + resourceChosenString + " ', ' " + Quantity + " ',) ");
And then the execute code:
try{
pst = conn.prepareStatement(sql);
pst.execute();
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Added");
} catch (Exception e){
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Error Adding Booking");
}
Currently it gives me an error when I attempt to add the data to the table and wondered if anyone had any suggestions?
Also I considered that perhaps the problem could lie in the fact I have more than two columns in the external table and the table I am adding the data to so columns could be left blank. If this could be the problem, could anyone tell me how to get around it? Possibly if there is a null function I can use instead of values.

You probably want to tell us what database you're using and what error message you're getting. But just off the bat, it looks like your sql string is not formatted correctly. I don't know if you mistyped it in the question or if your code has a simple syntax error.
Just shooting from the hip with what you have, it looks like your sql statement should be:
String sql = "INSERT INTO tblBookings (Room_Resource,Quantity) VALUES ('" + resourceChosenString + "', " + Quantity + ")";
Notice that resourceChosenString should be wrapped in single quotes (you're missing the single quote on the left). Also, I don't think you're supposed to wrap a number in single quotes (I could be wrong since I don't know which database you're using).
Qwerky is right though; you should use a PreparedStatement.

The SQL you are generating is not valid and looks like this;
INSERT INTO tblBookings (Room_Resource,Quantity) VALUES (resource ', ' 1 ',)
^ ^
missing quote extraneous comma
You should tidy it up, or better still use a PreparedStatement.
String sql = "insert into tblBookings (Room_Resource,Quantity) values (?, ?)";
PreparedStatement pst = conn.prepareStatement(sql);
pst.setString(1, resourceChosenString);
pst.setInt(2, quantity); //variable names are not capitalised by convention
pst.execute();

Creating a database table if it does not exist in Java production code and confirming in JUnit

I am writing a database program in Java and want to create a table if it does not already exist. I learned about DatabaseMetaData.getTables() from How can I detect a SQL table's existence in Java? and I am trying to use it:
private boolean tableExists() throws SQLException {
System.out.println("tableExists()");
DatabaseMetaData dbmd = conn.getMetaData();
ResultSet rs = dbmd.getTables(null, null, this.getTableName(), null);
System.out.println("TABLE_NAME: " + rs.getString("TABLE_NAME"));
return rs.getRow() == 1;
}
The problem is that rs.getRow() always returns 0, even after the table has been created. Using rs.getString("TABLE_NAME") throws an exception stating that the result set is empty.
One possible solution I thought of is to execute the CREATE TABLE statement and catch any exceptions that are thrown. However, I don't like the idea of using exceptions for control flow of my program.
FWIW, I am using HSQLDB. However, I would like write Java code that is independent of the RDMS engine. Is there another way to use DatabaseMetaData.getTables() to do what I want? Or is there some other solution to write my tableExists() method?
Added:
Using the suggestions given here, I found a solution that seems to work in my production code:
private void createTable() throws SQLException {
String sqlCreate = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + this.getTableName()
+ " (brand VARCHAR(10),"
+ " year INTEGER,"
+ " number INTEGER,"
+ " value INTEGER,"
+ " card_count INTEGER,"
+ " player_name VARCHAR(50),"
+ " player_position VARCHAR(20))";
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
stmt.execute(sqlCreate);
}
Now I am also writing a JUnit test to assert that the table does indeed get created:
public void testConstructor() throws Exception {
try (BaseballCardJDBCIO bcdb = new BaseballCardJDBCIO(this.url)) {
String query = "SELECT count(*) FROM information_schema.system_tables WHERE table_name = '" + bcdb.getTableName() + "'";
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(this.url);
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(query);
Assert.assertTrue(rs.next());
Assert.assertEquals(1, rs.getInt(1));
Assert.assertFalse(rs.next());
}
}
This test fails on the assertEquals() with the following message:
FAILED: expected: <1> but was: <0>

The solution I found seems to work:
private void createTable() throws SQLException {
String sqlCreate = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + this.getTableName()
+ " (brand VARCHAR(10),"
+ " year INTEGER,"
+ " number INTEGER,"
+ " value INTEGER,"
+ " card_count INTEGER,"
+ " player_name VARCHAR(50),"
+ " player_position VARCHAR(20))";
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
stmt.execute(sqlCreate);
}
I had to place the IF NOT EXISTS in the correct location in my SQL statement.

From the ResultSet definition at Java docs:
A ResultSet object maintains a cursor pointing to its current row of
data. Initially the cursor is positioned before the first row. The
next method moves the cursor to the next row, and because it returns
false when there are no more rows in the ResultSet object, it can be
used in a while loop to iterate through the result set.
So, you must always call the next() method otherwise getRow() will always return zero as the cursor is positioned before the first row.

There is build in mysql functionality for what you seek: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/create-table.html
In short: Just append IF NOT EXISTS at the end of your table creation query.
Edit:
There is no general way of doing this. Most databases have an information_scheme table though, a query to determine the information could look like this:
SELECT count(*)
FROM information_schema.system_tables
WHERE table_schem = 'public' AND table_name = 'user';
This works with sqlite, mysql, msql, mariadb and postgres + probably a lot of others.

I don't know if this will necessarily help towards your goals, but when I ran into this problem using Python and MySQL, I just added a "Drop Table" statement before each "Create Table" statement, such that just running the script automatically deletes the existing table, and then rebuilds each table. That may not work for your needs, but it's one solution that I found successful for my similar problem.