[java] How to execute INSERT statement using JdbcTemplate class from Spring Framework

In Spring, how can I insert data in table using JdbcTemplate. Can anyone please provide me a code sample for doing this.

You'll need a datasource for working with JdbcTemplate.

JdbcTemplate template = new JdbcTemplate(yourDataSource);

template.update(
    new PreparedStatementCreator() {
        public PreparedStatement createPreparedStatement(Connection connection)
            throws SQLException {

            PreparedStatement statement = connection.prepareStatement(ourInsertQuery);
            //statement.setLong(1, beginning); set parameters you need in your insert

            return statement;
        }
    });

If you are planning to use JdbcTemplate in multiple locations, it would be a good idea to create a Spring Bean for it.

Using Java Config it would be:

@Configuration
public class DBConfig {

   @Bean
   public DataSource dataSource() {
      //create a data source
   }

   @Bean
   public JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate() {
      return new JdbcTemplate(dataSource());
   }

   @Bean
   public TransactionManager transactionManager() {
      return new DataSourceTransactionManager(dataSource());
   }

}

Then a repository that uses that JdbcTemplate could be:

@Repository
public class JdbcSomeRepository implements SomeRepository {

   private final JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate ;

   @Autowired
   public JdbcSomeRepository(JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate) {
      this.jdbcTemplate = jdbcTemplate;
   } 

   @Override
   @Transactional 
   public int someUpdate(SomeType someValue, SomeOtherType someOtherValue) {
      return jdbcTemplate.update("INSERT INTO SomeTable(column1, column2) VALUES(?,?)", someValue, someOtherValue)
   }
}

The update method from JdbcTemplate that I have used can be found here.

If you use spring-boot, you don't need to create a DataSource class, just specify the data url/username/password/driver in application.properties, then you can simply @Autowired it.

@Repository
public class JdbcRepository {

    private final JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate;

    @Autowired
    public DynamicRepository(JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate) {
        this.jdbcTemplate = jdbcTemplate;
    }

    public void insert() {
        jdbcTemplate.update("INSERT INTO BOOK (name, description) VALUES ('book name', 'book description')");
    }
}

Example of application.properties:

#Basic Spring Boot Config for Oracle
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=YourHostIP)(PORT=YourPort))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVER=dedicated)(SERVICE_NAME=YourServiceName)))
spring.datasource.username=username
spring.datasource.password=password
spring.datasource.driver-class-name=oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver

#hibernate config
spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle10gDialect

Then add the driver and connection pool dependencies in pom.xml

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.oracle</groupId>
    <artifactId>ojdbc7</artifactId>
    <version>12.1.0.1</version>
</dependency>

<!-- HikariCP connection pool -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
    <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
    <version>2.6.0</version>
</dependency>

See the official doc for more details.

we can use update for both insert and update/delte

Use jdbcTemplate.update(String sql, Object... args) method:

jdbcTemplate.update(
    "INSERT INTO schema.tableName (column1, column2) VALUES (?, ?)",
    var1, var2
);

or jdbcTemplate.update(String sql, Object[] args, int[] argTypes), if you need to map arguments to SQL types manually:

jdbcTemplate.update(
    "INSERT INTO schema.tableName (column1, column2) VALUES (?, ?)",
    new Object[]{var1, var2}, new Object[]{Types.TYPE_OF_VAR1, Types.TYPE_OF_VAR2}
);

You can alternatively use NamedParameterJdbcTemplate (naming can be useful when you have many parameters)

Map<String, Object> params = new HashMap<>();
params.put("var1",value1); 
params.put("var2",value2); 
namedJdbcTemplate.update(
    "INSERT INTO schema.tableName (column1, column2) VALUES (:var1, :var2)",
    params
);