Demonstrates various methods for moving the cursor in a scrollable ResultSet object : ResultSet Scrollable « Database « Java Tutorial

1. Java Tutorial
2. Database
3. ResultSet Scrollable

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

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Connection conn = getConnection();
    Statement st = conn
        .createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_SENSITIVE, ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY);

    st.executeUpdate("create table survey (id int,name varchar(30));");
    st.executeUpdate("insert into survey (id,name ) values (1,'nameValue')");
    st.executeUpdate("insert into survey (id,name ) values (2,null)");
    st.executeUpdate("insert into survey (id,name ) values (3,'Tom')");
    ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM survey");

    // Move cursor forward
    while (rs.next()) {
      // Get data at cursor
      String id = rs.getString(1);
      String name = rs.getString(2);
    }

    // Move cursor backward
    while (rs.previous()) {
      // Get data at cursor
      String id = rs.getString(1);
      String name = rs.getString(2);
    }

    // Move cursor to the first row
    rs.first();

    // Move cursor to the last row
    rs.last();

    // Move cursor to the end, after the last row
    rs.afterLast();

    // Move cursor to the beginning, before the first row.
    // cursor position is 0.
    rs.beforeFirst();

    // Move cursor to the second row
    rs.absolute(2);

    // Move cursor to the last row
    rs.absolute(-1);

    // Move cursor to the second-to-last row
    rs.absolute(-2);

    // Move cursor down 5 rows from the current row. If this moves
    // cursor beyond the last row, cursor is put after the last row
    rs.relative(5);

    // Move cursor up 3 rows from the current row. If this moves
    // cursor beyond the first row, cursor is put before the first row
    rs.relative(-3);

    rs.close();
    st.close();
    conn.close();

  }

  private static Connection getConnection() throws Exception {
    Class.forName("org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver");
    String url = "jdbc:hsqldb:mem:data/tutorial";

    return DriverManager.getConnection(url, "sa", "");
  }
}