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Insert timestamp value in PreparedStatement

Problem

A simple table script in Oracle database.


CREATE TABLE DBUSER ( 
  USER_ID       NUMBER (5)    NOT NULL, 
  USERNAME      VARCHAR2 (20)  NOT NULL, 
  CREATED_BY    VARCHAR2 (20)  NOT NULL, 
  CREATED_DATE  DATE          NOT NULL, 
  PRIMARY KEY ( USER_ID ) 
 )

No idea how to insert a timestamp value, e.g. “04/04/2011 14:45:04” into “CREATED_DATE” field, via JDBC PreparedStatement.


String insertTableSQL = "INSERT INTO DBUSER"
		+ "(USER_ID, USERNAME, CREATED_BY, CREATED_DATE) VALUES"
		+ "(?,?,?,?)";
preparedStatement = dbConnection.prepareStatement(insertTableSQL);
preparedStatement.setTimestamp(4,???);

Solution

Create a method to return current timestamp(java.sql.Timestamp) like this :


private static java.sql.Timestamp getCurrentTimeStamp() {

	java.util.Date today = new java.util.Date();
	return new java.sql.Timestamp(today.getTime());

}

And set the timestamp via preparedStatement.setTimestamp().


String insertTableSQL = "INSERT INTO DBUSER"
	+ "(USER_ID, USERNAME, CREATED_BY, CREATED_DATE) VALUES"
	+ "(?,?,?,?)";
preparedStatement = dbConnection.prepareStatement(insertTableSQL);
preparedStatement.setTimestamp(4,getCurrentTimeStamp());

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william
10 years ago

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chie
10 years ago

This was a great quick help: its conciseness is much appreciated.

Ryan
5 years ago

Sure this is great for getting the current time, but what about getting any other time. Say we wanted to get input from a user or set a time that was in the past.

dobluth
10 years ago

I wonder, why you are not just using the following statement:

new java.sql.Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis())

There is no need to construct a Date object beforehand.