Java tutorial
import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.PreparedStatement; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData; import java.sql.Statement; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Connection conn = getConnection(); Statement stmt = conn.createStatement(); stmt.executeUpdate("create table survey (id int, name BINARY );"); String sql = "INSERT INTO survey (name) VALUES(?)"; PreparedStatement pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(sql); // create some binary data String myData = "some string data ..."; byte[] binaryData = myData.getBytes(); // set value for the prepared statement pstmt.setBytes(1, binaryData); // insert the data pstmt.executeUpdate(); ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM survey"); while (rs.next()) { System.out.print(new String(rs.getBytes(2))); } rs.close(); stmt.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", ""); } }