JDBC Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - Version 2.30, by Dr. Herong Yang

Inserting BLOB Values with setBytes() Method

This section describes how to insert BLOB values with the PreparedStatement.setBytes() method.

Another way to insert a binary string into a BLOB column is to create a PreparedStatement object and use the setBytes() method. See the sample program below:

/**
 * SqlServerBlobSetBytes.java
 * Copyright (c) 2007 by Dr. Herong Yang. All rights reserved.
 */
import java.sql.*;
public class SqlServerBlobSetBytes {
  public static void main(String [] args) {
    Connection con = null;
    try {
      com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDataSource ds 
        = new com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDataSource();
      ds.setServerName("localhost");
      ds.setPortNumber(1269);
      ds.setDatabaseName("AdventureWorksLT");
      ds.setUser("Herong");
      ds.setPassword("TopSecret");
      con = ds.getConnection();

// Deleting the record for re-testing
      String subject = "Test of the setBytes() method";
      Statement sta = con.createStatement(); 
      sta.executeUpdate("DELETE FROM Image WHERE Subject = '"
        +subject+"'");

// Inserting CLOB value with PreparedStatement.setBytes()
      PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement(
        "INSERT INTO Image (Subject, Body) VALUES (?,?)");
      ps.setString(1, subject);
      byte[] bodyIn = {(byte)0xC9, (byte)0xCB, (byte)0xBB,
        (byte)0xCC, (byte)0xCE, (byte)0xB9,
        (byte)0xC8, (byte)0xCA, (byte)0xBC,
        (byte)0xCC, (byte)0xCE, (byte)0xB9,
        (byte)0xC9, (byte)0xCB, (byte)0xBB};
      ps.setBytes(2, bodyIn);
      int count = ps.executeUpdate();
      ps.close();

// Retrieving BLOB value with getBytes()
      ResultSet res = sta.executeQuery(
        "SELECT * FROM Image WHERE Subject = '"+subject+"'");
      res.next();
      System.out.println("The inserted record: "); 
      System.out.println("   Subject = "+res.getString("Subject"));
      System.out.println("   Body = "
        +new String(res.getBytes("Body"))); 
      res.close();
      sta.close();

      con.close();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.err.println("Exception: "+e.getMessage());
    }
  }
}

Compilation and execution of this program is below. The output confirms that the binary string value, stored in a byte array, was correctly inserted into the CLOB column:

C:\>java -cp .;\local\lib\sqljdbc.jar SqlServerBlobSetBytes

The inserted record:
   Subject = Test on INSERT statement
   Body = ╔╦╗╠╬╣╚╩╝╠╬╣╔╦╗

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) Introduction

 Downloading and Installing JDK - Java SE

 Installing and Running Java DB - Derby

 Derby (Java DB) JDBC Driver

 Derby (Java DB) JDBC DataSource Objects

 Java DB (Derby) - DML Statements

 Java DB (Derby) - ResultSet Objects of Queries

 Java DB (Derby) - PreparedStatement

 MySQL Installation on Windows

 MySQL JDBC Driver (MySQL Connector/J)

 MySQL - PreparedStatement

 MySQL - Reference Implementation of JdbcRowSet

 MySQL - JBDC CallableStatement

 MySQL CLOB (Character Large Object) - TEXT

 MySQL BLOB (Binary Large Object) - BLOB

 Oracle Express Edition Installation on Windows

 Oracle JDBC Drivers

 Oracle - Reference Implementation of JdbcRowSet

 Oracle - PreparedStatement

 Oracle - JBDC CallableStatement

 Oracle CLOB (Character Large Object) - TEXT

 Oracle BLOB (Binary Large Object) - BLOB

 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

 Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server - sqljdbc.jar

 Microsoft JDBC Driver - Query Statements and Result Sets

 Microsoft JDBC Driver - DatabaseMetaData Object

 Microsoft JDBC Driver - DDL Statements

 Microsoft JDBC Driver - DML Statements

 SQL Server - PreparedStatement

 SQL Server CLOB (Character Large Object) - TEXT

SQL Server BLOB (Binary Large Object) - BLOB

 Overview of BLOB (Binary Large Object)

 Create Tables with CLOB Columns

 Inserting BLOB Values with SQL INSERT Statements

Inserting BLOB Values with setBytes() Method

 Inserting BLOB Values with setBinaryStream() Method

 Closing InputStream Too Early on setBinaryStream()

 Retrieving BLOB Values with getBytes() Method

 Retrieving BLOB Values with getBinaryStream() Method

 Retrieving BLOB Values with getBlob() Method

 Inserting BLOB Values with setBlob() Method

 JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver

 JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - Flat Text Files

 JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - MS Access

 JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - MS SQL Server

 Summary of JDBC Drivers and Database Servers

 Additional Tutorial Notes to Be Added

 Outdated Tutorials

 References

 PDF Printing Version

Inserting BLOB Values with setBytes() Method - Updated in 2015, by Dr. Herong Yang