Array Insert/Update/Select in JDBC

Question

I've been using array processing in ODBC, OCI, and Pro*C for years and desperately need to do so in JDBC. I've thus far been unsuccessful and am beginning to doubt that it's supported which to me is unfathomable. I've likewise found many like inquiries on the net - none of which were addressed. There have been many respondants who don't undertstand what array processing is and mistake it for batch SQL statements. They are not the same. Batched SQL statements are seperate statements which are executed in a single call to the database engine. What I'm taking about is using a prepared statement and binding primitive arrays to the statement. A single statement is executed and the contents of the arrays passed to the database. I've conducted tests years ago and array insert/update is many times faster than batch statements. Does anyone know whether or not JDBC supports array processing? If anyone's interested, I can provide snippets via email which illustrate how this is done in ODBC and other API's.
Thanks.

Answer 1

You referred me to
http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc/download.html. The
only reference I found to arrays were SQL Arrays - not
what I'm talking about. See prior C/ODBC snippet. Do
you know how to do this in JDBC?You are talking about passing an array as a single parameter to and from the underlying database correct? (And that has nothing to do with batch processing.)
If so in section 16.4 "Array Object"..... looking at that section gives the following reference....
The Array object returned to an application by the ResultSet.getArray and
CallableStatement.getArray methods is a logical pointer to the SQL ARRAY
value in the database; it does not contain the contents of the SQL ARRAY value.
The above has nothing to do with batch processing (although presumably one could use it in a batch process but then one can use String as well.)
Of course perhaps there is something in there that says that only applies to batch processing. If so could you please point out the section and quote the text.