Deleting All Rows from a Database Table : MySQL « Database « Java Tutorial

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import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.Statement;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    String driverName = "com.jnetdirect.jsql.JSQLDriver";
    Class.forName(driverName);

    String serverName = "127.0.0.1";
    String portNumber = "1433";
    String mydatabase = serverName + ":" + portNumber;
    String url = "jdbc:JSQLConnect://" + mydatabase;
    String username = "username";
    String password = "password";

    Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
    Statement stmt = connection.createStatement();

    // Use TRUNCATE
    String sql = "TRUNCATE my_table";
    // Execute deletion
    stmt.executeUpdate(sql);
    // Use DELETE
    sql = "DELETE FROM my_table";
    // Execute deletion
    stmt.executeUpdate(sql);
  }
}