Java ResultSet.beforeFirst()

Syntax

ResultSet.beforeFirst() has the following syntax.

void beforeFirst()   throws SQLException

Example

In the following code shows how to use ResultSet.beforeFirst() method.


import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.Statement;
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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 to the beginning, before the first row.
    // cursor position is 0.
    rs.beforeFirst();
    rs.next();
    // Get data at cursor
    String id = rs.getString("id");
    System.out.println(id);


    
    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", "");
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.





















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