import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.Reader; import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.PreparedStatement; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.Statement; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Connection conn = getConnection(); Statement stmt = conn.createStatement(); stmt.executeUpdate("create table survey (id int, name BINARY);"); String sql = "INSERT INTO survey (name) VALUES(?)"; PreparedStatement pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(sql); File file = new File("yourFileName.txt"); long fileLength = file.length(); Reader fileReader = (Reader) new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file)); pstmt.setCharacterStream(1, fileReader, (int)fileLength); int rowCount = pstmt.executeUpdate(); ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM survey"); while (rs.next()) { System.out.println(rs.getBytes(2)); } rs.close(); stmt.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", ""); } }