Java tutorial
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.ObjectInputStream; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; import java.io.Serializable; import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.PreparedStatement; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.Statement; public class Main { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"); String URL = "jdbc:odbc:dbname"; Connection dbConn = DriverManager.getConnection(URL, "user", "passw"); Employee employee = new Employee(42, "AA", 9); ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos); oos.writeObject(employee); byte[] employeeAsBytes = baos.toByteArray(); PreparedStatement pstmt = dbConn.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE (emp) VALUES(?)"); ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(employeeAsBytes); pstmt.setBinaryStream(1, bais, employeeAsBytes.length); pstmt.executeUpdate(); pstmt.close(); Statement stmt = dbConn.createStatement(); ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT emp FROM Employee"); while (rs.next()) { byte[] st = (byte[]) rs.getObject(1); ByteArrayInputStream baip = new ByteArrayInputStream(st); ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(baip); Employee emp = (Employee) ois.readObject(); } stmt.close(); rs.close(); dbConn.close(); } } class Employee implements Serializable { int ID; String name; double salary; public Employee(int ID, String name, double salary) { this.ID = ID; this.name = name; this.salary = salary; } }