SQLite Java: Inserting Data

Summary: in this tutorial, we will show you how to insert data into a table in an SQLite database using the Java JDBC.

To insert data into a table using the INSERT statement, you use the following steps:

1. First, connect to the SQLite database.
2. Next, prepare the INSERT statement. If you use parameters for the statement, use a question mark (?) for each parameter.
3. Then, create an instance of the PreparedStatement from the Connection object.
4. After that, set the corresponding values for each placeholder using the set method of the PreparedStatement object such as setInt(), setString(), etc.
5. Finally, call the executeUpdate() method of the PreparedStatement object to execute the statement.

The following program inserts three rows into the table warehouses that we created in the creating table tutorial.

package net.sqlitetutorial;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.SQLException;

/**
 *
 * @author sqlitetutorial.net
 */
public class InsertApp {

    /**
     * Connect to the test.db database
     *
     * @return the Connection object
     */
    private Connection connect() {
        // SQLite connection string
        String url = "jdbc:sqlite:C://sqlite/db/test.db";
        Connection conn = null;
        try {
            conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url);
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
        return conn;
    }

    /**
     * Insert a new row into the warehouses table
     *
     * @param name
     * @param capacity
     */
    public void insert(String name, double capacity) {
        String sql = "INSERT INTO warehouses(name,capacity) VALUES(?,?)";

        try (Connection conn = this.connect();
                PreparedStatement pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(sql)) {
            pstmt.setString(1, name);
            pstmt.setDouble(2, capacity);
            pstmt.executeUpdate();
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
    }

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        InsertApp app = new InsertApp();
        // insert three new rows
        app.insert("Raw Materials", 3000);
        app.insert("Semifinished Goods", 4000);
        app.insert("Finished Goods", 5000);
    }

}
Code language: Java (java)

After running the program, you can check the warehouses table in the test.db database using the following SELECT statement:

SELECT
	id,
	name,
	capacity
FROM
	warehouses;
Code language: SQL (Structured Query Language) (sql)

In this tutorial, you have learned how to insert data into a table in the SQLite database from the Java program.