ADO Tutorial (Visual J++)

Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)

ADO Tutorial (Visual J++)

This is the ADO tutorial written in Microsoft Visual J++, featuring the ADO/WFC classes. See the ADO Tutorial for a description of the purpose of this tutorial.

import com.ms.wfc.data.*;

/**
* ADOTutorial:
* Purpose: Demonstrates the usage of Ado in Java. 
*          Opens a recordset through a command object
*          and illustrates update within a transaction
*/
public class ADOTutorial
{
   //odbc-style connection string
   public static String strConn = 
      "Driver={SQL Server};SERVER=YourServer;DATABASE=JetQA;" + 
      "UID=testmod;PWD=testmod;";

   public static void main(String args[] )   // Tutorial in VJ
   {
      try
      {
         Connection conn = new Connection();
         Command cmd = new Command();
         Recordset rs = new Recordset();
      
         Field fld;
         AdoProperties fldProps;

// STEP 1: Open the connection
         conn.open(strConn);
            
// STEP 2: Create a command 
         cmd.setActiveConnection(conn);
         cmd.setCommandText("SELECT * from Authors");

// STEP 3: Open the recordset with the source as a command object
         rs.setCursorLocation(AdoEnums.CursorLocation.CLIENT); 
         rs.setCursorType(AdoEnums.CursorType.DYNAMIC);
         rs.setLockType(AdoEnums.LockType.BATCHOPTIMISTIC);
         rs.open (cmd);
         
// STEP 4: Manipulate the data 
         fldProps  = rs.getField("au_lname").getProperties();
         fldProps.getItem("Optimize").setBoolean(true);
         rs.setSort("au_lname");
         rs.setFilter("phone like '415 5*'"); 

         rs.moveFirst();
         while ( !rs.getEOF())
         { 
            StringBuffer strBuf = new StringBuffer();
            System.out.println( " Name: " + 
               rs.getField("au_fname").getString() + 
               "  " + rs.getField("au_lname").getString() +
               "   Phone : " + rs.getField("phone").getString() );
 
            //Change area code 415 to 777. 
            fld =  rs.getField("phone");
            strBuf.append( fld.getString());
            strBuf.setCharAt(0, '7');
            strBuf.setCharAt(1, '7');
            strBuf.setCharAt(2, '7');

            //set the field to the new value
            fld.setString(strBuf.toString());
            
            rs.moveNext();
         }

         rs.setFilter(new Integer(AdoEnums.FilterGroup.NONE));

// STEP 5: Update the data
         conn.beginTrans();
         try
         {
            rs.updateBatch();
            
// STEP 6 PART A: Conclude the Update - Accept changes
            conn.commitTrans();
         }

// STEP 6 PART B: Conclude the Update - Reject changes
         catch(AdoException ex)
         {
            rs.setFilter(new Integer
                        (AdoEnums.FilterGroup.CONFLICTINGRECORDS));
            rs.moveFirst();
            while(!rs.getEOF())
            {
               //print conflicting records
               System.out.println("Conflict : Name : " + 
                  rs.getField("au_fname").getString() + " " +
                  rs.getField("au_lname").getString() );
               rs.moveNext();
            }
            conn.rollbackTrans();
         }

         rs.close();
         conn.close();

      }
      catch(Exception ex)
      {
         ex.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

This is the end of the Visual J++ tutorial.