How to run a MySQL Script using Java

In this tutorial, I will show you how to run a MySQL script file using ibatis ScriptRunner class. First, download the ibatis and Mysql JDBC Driver, and add the jar files into your classpath.

Now, run below code. It will execute a script.sql file.

RunSqlScript.java

package com.mkyong;
 
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
 
import com.ibatis.common.jdbc.ScriptRunner;
 
/**
 * 
 @author Dhinakaran Pragasam
 */
public class RunSqlScript {
	/**
	 * @param args
	 *            the command line arguments
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) throws ClassNotFoundException,
		SQLException {
 
		String aSQLScriptFilePath = "path/to/sql/script.sql";
 
		// Create MySql Connection
		Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
		Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(
			"jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/database", "username", "password");
		Statement stmt = null;
 
		try {
			// Initialize object for ScripRunner
			ScriptRunner sr = new ScriptRunner(con, false, false);
 
			// Give the input file to Reader
			Reader reader = new BufferedReader(
                               new FileReader(aSQLScriptFilePath));
 
			// Exctute script
			sr.runScript(reader);
 
		} catch (Exception e) {
			System.err.println("Failed to Execute" + aSQLScriptFilePath
					+ " The error is " + e.getMessage());
		}
	}
}