Java tutorial
import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.PreparedStatement; public class DemoPreparedStatementSetString { public static Connection getConnection() throws Exception { String driver = "org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver"; String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/databaseName"; String username = "root"; String password = "root"; Class.forName(driver); Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password); return conn; } public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { String stringValue = "stringValueToBeInserted"; Connection conn = null; PreparedStatement pstmt = null; try { conn = getConnection(); String query = "insert into string_table(string_column) values(?)"; pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(query); pstmt.setString(1, stringValue); // execute query, and return number of rows created int rowCount = pstmt.executeUpdate(); System.out.println("rowCount=" + rowCount); } finally { pstmt.close(); conn.close(); } } }