Java tutorial
import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.SQLException; import java.sql.Statement; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) { Connection connection = null; Statement statement = null; try { Class.forName("org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver").newInstance(); String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/hrapp"; connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "username", "password"); statement = connection.createStatement(); String employees1SQL = "UPDATE employees SET " + "num_dependants = 4 " + "WHERE employee_id = 123456"; statement.executeUpdate(employees1SQL); String employees2SQL = "UPDATE employees SET " + "num_dependants = 4 " + "WHERE employee_id = 123457"; statement.executeUpdate(employees2SQL); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } finally { if (statement != null) { try { statement.close(); } catch (SQLException e) { } } if (connection != null) { try { connection.close(); } catch (SQLException e) { } } } } }