A ResultSet represents a database result set.
A ResultSet is created by executing a SQL SELECT statement using either Connection_executeQuery() or PreparedStatement_executeQuery().
A ResultSet maintains a cursor pointing to its current row of data. Initially, the cursor is positioned before the first row. ResultSet_next() moves the cursor to the next row, and because it returns false when there are no more rows, it can be used in a while loop to iterate through the result set. A ResultSet is not updatable and has a cursor that moves forward only. Thus, you can iterate through it only once and only from the first row to the last row.
The ResultSet interface provides getter methods for retrieving column values from the current row. Values can be retrieved using either the index number of the column or the name of the column. In general, using the column index will be more efficient. Columns are numbered from 1.
Column names used as input to getter methods are case sensitive. When a getter method is called with a column name and several columns have the same name, the value of the first matching column will be returned. The column name option is designed to be used when column names are used in the SQL query that generated the result set. For columns that are NOT explicitly named in the query, it is best to use column indices.
The following examples demonstrate how to obtain a ResultSet and how to retrieve values from it.
In this example, columns are named in the SELECT statement, and we retrieve values using the column names (we could of course also use indices if we want):
This example demonstrates selecting a generated result and printing it. When the SELECT statement doesn't name the column, we use the column index to retrieve the value:
A ResultSet stores values internally as bytes and converts values on-the-fly to numeric types when requested, such as when ResultSet_getInt() or one of the other numeric get-methods are called. In the above example, even if count(*) returns a numeric value, we can use ResultSet_getString() to get the number as a string or if we choose, we can use ResultSet_getInt() to get the value as an integer. In the latter case, note that if the column value cannot be converted to a number, an SQLException is thrown.
ResultSet provides two principal methods for retrieving temporal column values as C types. ResultSet_getTimestamp() converts a SQL timestamp value to a time_t and ResultSet_getDateTime() returns a tm structure representing a Date, Time, DateTime, or Timestamp column type. To get a temporal column value as a string, simply use ResultSet_getString()
A ResultSet is reentrant, but not thread-safe and should only be used by one thread (at a time).
Macros | |
| #define | T ResultSet_T |
Typedefs | |
| typedef struct ResultSet_S * | T |
Functions | |
Properties | |
| int | ResultSet_getColumnCount (T R) |
| Gets the number of columns in this ResultSet. | |
| const char * | ResultSet_getColumnName (T R, int columnIndex) |
| Gets the designated column's name. | |
| long | ResultSet_getColumnSize (T R, int columnIndex) |
| Gets the size of a column in bytes. | |
| void | ResultSet_setFetchSize (T R, int rows) |
| Sets the number of rows to fetch from the database. | |
| int | ResultSet_getFetchSize (T R) |
| Gets the number of rows to fetch from the database. | |
Functions | |
| bool | ResultSet_next (T R) |
| Moves the cursor to the next row. | |
Columns | |
| bool | ResultSet_isnull (T R, int columnIndex) |
| Checks if the designated column's value is SQL NULL. | |
| const char * | ResultSet_getString (T R, int columnIndex) |
| Gets the designated column's value as a C-string. | |
| const char * | ResultSet_getStringByName (T R, const char *columnName) |
| Gets the designated column's value as a C-string. | |
| int | ResultSet_getInt (T R, int columnIndex) |
| Gets the designated column's value as an int. | |
| int | ResultSet_getIntByName (T R, const char *columnName) |
| Gets the designated column's value as an int. | |
| long long | ResultSet_getLLong (T R, int columnIndex) |
| Gets the designated column's value as a long long. | |
| long long | ResultSet_getLLongByName (T R, const char *columnName) |
| Gets the designated column's value as a long long. | |
| double | ResultSet_getDouble (T R, int columnIndex) |
| Gets the designated column's value as a double. | |
| double | ResultSet_getDoubleByName (T R, const char *columnName) |
| Gets the designated column's value as a double. | |
| const void * | ResultSet_getBlob (T R, int columnIndex, int *size) |
| Gets the designated column's value as a void pointer. | |
| const void * | ResultSet_getBlobByName (T R, const char *columnName, int *size) |
| Gets the designated column's value as a void pointer. | |
Date and Time | |
| time_t | ResultSet_getTimestamp (T R, int columnIndex) |
| Gets the designated column's value as a Unix timestamp. | |
| time_t | ResultSet_getTimestampByName (T R, const char *columnName) |
| Gets the designated column's value as a Unix timestamp. | |
| struct tm | ResultSet_getDateTime (T R, int columnIndex) |
| Gets the designated column's value as a Date, Time or DateTime. | |
| struct tm | ResultSet_getDateTimeByName (T R, const char *columnName) |
| Gets the designated column's value as a Date, Time or DateTime. | |
| #define T ResultSet_T |
| typedef struct ResultSet_S* T |
| int ResultSet_getColumnCount | ( | T | R | ) |
Gets the number of columns in this ResultSet.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| const char * ResultSet_getColumnName | ( | T | R, |
| int | columnIndex ) |
Gets the designated column's name.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| columnIndex | The first column is 1, the second is 2, ... |
| long ResultSet_getColumnSize | ( | T | R, |
| int | columnIndex ) |
Gets the size of a column in bytes.
If the column is a blob then this method returns the number of bytes in that blob. No type conversions occur. If the result is a string (or a number since a number can be converted into a string) then return the number of bytes in the resulting string.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| columnIndex | The first column is 1, the second is 2, ... |
| SQLException | If columnIndex is outside the valid range |
| void ResultSet_setFetchSize | ( | T | R, |
| int | rows ) |
Sets the number of rows to fetch from the database.
ResultSet will prefetch rows in batches of number of rows when ResultSet_next() is called to reduce the network roundtrip to the database. This method is only applicable to MySQL and Oracle.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| rows | The number of rows to fetch (1..INT_MAX) |
| SQLException | If a database error occurs |
| AssertException | If `rows` is less than 1 |
| int ResultSet_getFetchSize | ( | T | R | ) |
Gets the number of rows to fetch from the database.
Unless previously set with ResultSet_setFetchSize(), the returned value is the same as returned by Connection_getFetchSize()
| R | A ResultSet object |
| bool ResultSet_next | ( | T | R | ) |
Moves the cursor to the next row.
A ResultSet cursor is initially positioned before the first row; the first call to this method makes the first row the current row; the second call makes the second row the current row, and so on. When there are no more available rows false is returned. An empty ResultSet will return false on the first call to ResultSet_next().
| R | A ResultSet object |
| SQLException | If a database access error occurs |
| bool ResultSet_isnull | ( | T | R, |
| int | columnIndex ) |
Checks if the designated column's value is SQL NULL.
If the column value is SQL NULL, a ResultSet returns the NULL for reference types and 0 for value types. Use this method if you need to differentiate between SQL NULL and the value NULL/0.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| columnIndex | The first column is 1, the second is 2, ... |
| SQLException | If a database access error occurs or columnIndex is outside the valid range |
| const char * ResultSet_getString | ( | T | R, |
| int | columnIndex ) |
Gets the designated column's value as a C-string.
The returned string may only be valid until the next call to ResultSet_next() and if you plan to use the returned value longer, you must make a copy.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| columnIndex | The first column is 1, the second is 2, ... |
| SQLException | If a database access error occurs or columnIndex is outside the valid range |
| const char * ResultSet_getStringByName | ( | T | R, |
| const char * | columnName ) |
Gets the designated column's value as a C-string.
The returned string may only be valid until the next call to ResultSet_next() and if you plan to use the returned value longer, you must make a copy.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| columnName | The SQL name of the column. case-sensitive |
| SQLException | If a database access error occurs or columnName does not exist |
| int ResultSet_getInt | ( | T | R, |
| int | columnIndex ) |
Gets the designated column's value as an int.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| columnIndex | The first column is 1, the second is 2, ... |
| SQLException | If a database access error occurs, columnIndex is outside the valid range or if the value is NaN |
| int ResultSet_getIntByName | ( | T | R, |
| const char * | columnName ) |
Gets the designated column's value as an int.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| columnName | The SQL name of the column. case-sensitive |
| SQLException | If a database access error occurs, columnName does not exist or if the value is NaN |
| long long ResultSet_getLLong | ( | T | R, |
| int | columnIndex ) |
Gets the designated column's value as a long long.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| columnIndex | The first column is 1, the second is 2, ... |
| SQLException | If a database access error occurs, columnIndex is outside the valid range or if the value is NaN |
| long long ResultSet_getLLongByName | ( | T | R, |
| const char * | columnName ) |
Gets the designated column's value as a long long.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| columnName | The SQL name of the column. case-sensitive |
| SQLException | If a database access error occurs, columnName does not exist or if the value is NaN |
| double ResultSet_getDouble | ( | T | R, |
| int | columnIndex ) |
Gets the designated column's value as a double.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| columnIndex | The first column is 1, the second is 2, ... |
| SQLException | If a database access error occurs, columnIndex is outside the valid range or if the value is NaN |
| double ResultSet_getDoubleByName | ( | T | R, |
| const char * | columnName ) |
Gets the designated column's value as a double.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| columnName | The SQL name of the column. case-sensitive |
| SQLException | If a database access error occurs, columnName does not exist or if the value is NaN |
| const void * ResultSet_getBlob | ( | T | R, |
| int | columnIndex, | ||
| int * | size ) |
Gets the designated column's value as a void pointer.
The returned blob may only be valid until the next call to ResultSet_next() and if you plan to use the returned value longer, you must make a copy.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| columnIndex | The first column is 1, the second is 2, ... |
| size | The number of bytes in the blob is stored in size |
| SQLException | If a database access error occurs or columnIndex is outside the valid range |
| const void * ResultSet_getBlobByName | ( | T | R, |
| const char * | columnName, | ||
| int * | size ) |
Gets the designated column's value as a void pointer.
The returned blob may only be valid until the next call to ResultSet_next() and if you plan to use the returned value longer, you must make a copy.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| columnName | The SQL name of the column. case-sensitive |
| size | The number of bytes in the blob is stored in size |
| SQLException | If a database access error occurs or columnName does not exist |
| time_t ResultSet_getTimestamp | ( | T | R, |
| int | columnIndex ) |
Gets the designated column's value as a Unix timestamp.
The returned value is in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and represents seconds since the epoch (January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT).
Even though the underlying database might support timestamp ranges before the epoch and after '2038-01-19 03:14:07 UTC' it is safest not to assume or use values outside this range. Especially on a 32-bit system.
SQLite does not have temporal SQL data types per se and using this method with SQLite assumes the column value in the Result Set to be either a numerical value representing a Unix Time in UTC which is returned as-is or an ISO 8601 time string which is converted to a time_t value.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| columnIndex | The first column is 1, the second is 2, ... |
| SQLException | If a database access error occurs, if columnIndex is outside the range [1..ResultSet_getColumnCount()] or if the column value cannot be converted to a valid timestamp |
| time_t ResultSet_getTimestampByName | ( | T | R, |
| const char * | columnName ) |
Gets the designated column's value as a Unix timestamp.
The returned value is in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and represents seconds since the epoch (January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT).
Even though the underlying database might support timestamp ranges before the epoch and after '2038-01-19 03:14:07 UTC' it is safest not to assume or use values outside this range. Especially on a 32-bit system.
SQLite does not have temporal SQL data types per se and using this method with SQLite assumes the column value in the Result Set to be either a numerical value representing a Unix Time in UTC which is returned as-is or an ISO 8601 time string which is converted to a time_t value.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| columnName | The SQL name of the column. case-sensitive |
| SQLException | If a database access error occurs, if columnName is not found or if the column value cannot be converted to a valid timestamp |
| struct tm ResultSet_getDateTime | ( | T | R, |
| int | columnIndex ) |
Gets the designated column's value as a Date, Time or DateTime.
This method can be used to retrieve the value of columns with the SQL data type, Date, Time, DateTime or Timestamp. The returned tm structure follows the convention for usage with mktime(3) where:
If the column value contains timezone information, tm_gmtoff is set to the offset from UTC in seconds, otherwise tm_gmtoff is set to 0. On systems without tm_gmtoff, (Solaris), the member, tm_wday is set to gmt offset instead as this property is ignored by mktime on input. The exception to the above is tm_year which contains the year literal and not years since 1900 which is the convention. All other fields in the structure are set to zero. If the column type is DateTime or Timestamp all the fields mentioned above are set, if it is a Date or a Time, only the relevant fields are set.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| columnIndex | The first column is 1, the second is 2, ... |
| SQLException | If a database access error occurs, if columnIndex is outside the range [1..ResultSet_getColumnCount()] or if the column value cannot be converted to a valid SQL Date, Time or DateTime type |
| struct tm ResultSet_getDateTimeByName | ( | T | R, |
| const char * | columnName ) |
Gets the designated column's value as a Date, Time or DateTime.
This method can be used to retrieve the value of columns with the SQL data type, Date, Time, DateTime or Timestamp. The returned tm structure follows the convention for usage with mktime(3) where:
If the column value contains timezone information, tm_gmtoff is set to the offset from UTC in seconds, otherwise tm_gmtoff is set to 0. On systems without tm_gmtoff, (Solaris), the member, tm_wday is set to gmt offset instead as this property is ignored by mktime on input. The exception to the above is tm_year which contains the year literal and not years since 1900 which is the convention. All other fields in the structure are set to zero. If the column type is DateTime or Timestamp all the fields mentioned above are set, if it is a Date or a Time, only the relevant fields are set.
| R | A ResultSet object |
| columnName | The SQL name of the column. case-sensitive |
| SQLException | If a database access error occurs, if columnName is not found or if the column value cannot be converted to a valid SQL Date, Time or DateTime type |
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