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Spring - Data manipulation using SqlUpdate

[Last Updated: Oct 29, 2025]
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For loading data from database, we can use SqlQuery as reusable object. For performing data manipulation operations like update, insert and delete we will use SqlUpdate.

SqlUpdate is a concrete subclass of SqlOperation. It provides a number of update methods, analogous to the execute methods of SqlQuery. There's absolutely no need to extend this class unless we want to modify or add a new update method.

Example using SqlUpdate

public class SqlUpdateExample {

    @Autowired
    private DataSource dataSource;
    private SqlUpdate updateSql;
    private SqlUpdate insertSql;
    private GenericSqlQuery<Person> loadSqlQuery;

    @PostConstruct
    private void postConstruct() {
        initLoadSql();
        initInsertSql();
        initUpdateSql();
    }

    private void initInsertSql() {
        insertSql = new SqlUpdate();
        insertSql.setDataSource(dataSource);
        insertSql.setSql("insert into PERSON (first_Name, last_Name, address) values (?, ?, ?)");
        insertSql.declareParameter(new SqlParameterValue(Types.VARCHAR, "first_Name"));
        insertSql.declareParameter(new SqlParameterValue(Types.VARCHAR, "last_Name"));
        insertSql.declareParameter(new SqlParameterValue(Types.VARCHAR, "address"));
    }

    private void initUpdateSql() {
        updateSql = new SqlUpdate();
        updateSql.setDataSource(dataSource);
        updateSql.setSql("update PERSON set address = ? where id = ?");
        updateSql.declareParameter(new SqlParameterValue(Types.VARCHAR, "address"));
        updateSql.declareParameter(new SqlParameterValue(Types.BIGINT, "id"));
    }

    private void initLoadSql() {
        loadSqlQuery = new GenericSqlQuery<>();
        loadSqlQuery.setDataSource(dataSource);
        loadSqlQuery.setSql("select * from Person");
        loadSqlQuery.setRowMapper(createPersonRowMapper());
    }

    private RowMapper<Person> createPersonRowMapper() {
        return (rs, rowNum) -> {
            return toPerson(rs);
        };
    }

    private Person toPerson(ResultSet rs) throws SQLException {
        Person person = new Person();
        person.setId(rs.getLong("ID"));
        person.setFirstName(rs.getString("FIRST_NAME"));
        person.setLastName(rs.getString("LAST_NAME"));
        person.setAddress(rs.getString("ADDRESS"));
        return person;
    }

    public void runExmaple() {
        //inserting records
        insertSql.update("Dana", "Whitley", "464 Gorsuch Drive");
        insertSql.update("Robin", "Cash", "64 Zella Park");
        System.out.println("Records inserted");

        //loading all person
        List<Person> list = loadSqlQuery.execute();
        System.out.printf("loaded: %s%n", list);

        //updating
        updateSql.update("XYZ", 1);
        System.out.println("Record updated");

        //loading again
        System.out.println("Loading again after update");
        List<Person> list2 = loadSqlQuery.execute();
        System.out.printf("loaded: %s%n", list2);
    }
}

In above example, we are using two instances of SqlUpdate: one to insert records and other to update records. We also used GenericSqlQuery to load records.

src/main/resources/createPersonTable.sql

CREATE TABLE PERSON
(
ID BIGINT  PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
FIRST_NAME VARCHAR(255),
LAST_NAME VARCHAR(255),
ADDRESS VARCHAR(255)
);

Configuration and main class

@Configuration
public class AppConfig {

    @Bean
    public DataSource h2DataSource() {
        return new EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder()
                .setType(EmbeddedDatabaseType.H2)
                .addScript("createPersonTable.sql")
                .build();
    }

    @Bean
    public SqlUpdateExample sqlUpdateExample() {
        return new SqlUpdateExample();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context =
                new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(AppConfig.class);
        System.out.println("-- Running SqlUpdate example --");
        context.getBean(SqlUpdateExample.class).runExmaple();
    }
}

Output

-- Running SqlUpdate example --
Records inserted
loaded: [Person{id=1, firstName='Dana', lastName='Whitley', address='464 Gorsuch Drive'}, Person{id=2, firstName='Robin', lastName='Cash', address='64 Zella Park'}]
Record updated
Loading again after update
loaded: [Person{id=1, firstName='Dana', lastName='Whitley', address='XYZ'}, Person{id=2, firstName='Robin', lastName='Cash', address='64 Zella Park'}]
INFO: Starting embedded database: url='jdbc:h2:mem:testdb;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=false', username='sa'
INFO: Executing SQL script from class path resource [createPersonTable.sql]
INFO: Executed SQL script from class path resource [createPersonTable.sql] in 14 ms.

Example Project

Dependencies and Technologies Used:

  • spring-context 4.3.6.RELEASE: Spring Context.
  • spring-jdbc 4.3.6.RELEASE: Spring JDBC.
  • h2 1.4.193: H2 Database Engine.
  • JDK 1.8
  • Maven 3.3.9

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