Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.Statement; public class MainClass { public static void createDatabase() { String data = "jdbc:derby:presidents;create=true"; try { Class.forName("org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver"); Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(data); Statement st = conn.createStatement(); int result = st.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE contacts (dex INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY " + "GENERATED ALWAYS AS identity (START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1), " + "name VARCHAR(40), address1 VARCHAR(40), address2 VARCHAR(40))"); result = st.executeUpdate( "INSERT INTO contacts (name, address1, address2" + ") VALUES('J','Center', 1 , 'GA')"); st.close(); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Error - " + e.toString()); } } public static void readDatabase() { String data = "jdbc:derby:presidents"; try { Class.forName("org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver"); Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(data, "", ""); Statement st = conn.createStatement(); ResultSet rec = st.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM contacts ORDER BY name"); while (rec.next()) { System.out.println( rec.getString("name") + "\n" + rec.getString("address1") + "\n" + rec.getString("address2") + "\n" + rec.getString("phone") + "\n" + rec.getString("email") + "\n"); } st.close(); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Error - " + e.toString()); } } public static void main(String[] arguments) { String home, system; home = System.getProperty("user.home", "."); system = home + File.separatorChar + ".database"; System.setProperty("derby.system.home", system); createDatabase(); readDatabase(); } }