There a number of pure Java SQL database systems develolpers can embed into applications. In this tip we introduce two open source projects, HSQLDB and Apache Derby.

What Is an Exception Handler in Java?. In Java, exceptions are one of many structures that govern the control flow of a program. Specifically, they are unintended side effects of a program's ...

Null pointer exception is an “exception” (error) that is particularly common when programming in Java. For a beginner, this is a confusing and daunting message to receive, but it can be just ...

Here's a quick JDBC with HSQLDB tutorial to get you up and running with Java database connectivity and the popular HyperSQL database.

Existing Frameworks I looked at some already existing JDBC frameworks 2 - 4, but they either didn't provide the exception handling flexibility I wanted or they were overly complicated to use. The JDBC ...

On the whole, compiling a Java program is actually much simpler than compiling a C++ program, because Java has no templates and no preprocessor. The type system, object model and exception-handling ...

Not sure what a try catch is? We explain how to use a try catch block in Java and how to write methods that throw exceptions.

Microsoft continues to make positive strides in the world of open source. The company once considered open source software to be an anathema, but now it's common for Microsoft to pull software ...

Get an overview of JDBC's architecture, then learn how to connect to a database and handle SQL queries and responses with PreparedStatements, transactions, connection pooling, and more.