Question

Connection conn = getDBConnection(); //MYSQL CONNECTION. 
conn.prepareStatement("use testspl").execute();
conn.prepareStatement("SOURCE c:\Test.sql").execute()

Is this right way to fire a queries in mysql?

I tried but its not working, I’m getting the error:

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘SOURCE C:\New.sql'”

Can someone help me figure out where I’ve gone wrong?

Answer 1

JDBC doesn’t work like that: It handles only pure SQL – not mysql command prompt "utility" commands like you are trying to execute.

Problem with the first command:

The choice of database should be part of the connection properties in getDBConnection(); your connection should already be to the database you want.

Problem with the second command:

"SOURCE somefile.sql" is not valid SQL – it’s mysql-only "funk".
Try reading the contents of the file c:\Test.sql then passing that as a String to prepareStatement()

You might want to try using apache commons IO FileUtils.readFileToString() to read the file in – it’s a breeze to use