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.