Java tutorial
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(); 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 = conn.createStatement(); ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM survey"); // extract data from the ResultSet while (rs.next()) { int id = rs.getInt("id"); System.out.println("id=" + id); String name = rs.getString(2); System.out.println("name=" + name); if (rs.wasNull()) { System.out.println("name is null"); } else { System.out.println("name is not null"); } System.out.println("---------------"); } 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", ""); } }