Execute an SQL Script from Java (myScript.sql) ?

Question

Hello!
I am a writing an SQL Script so that I can re-create my database on another server (im using my laptop to test it on first though).
I'm connecting to mySQL server using JDBC which works fine, but I was wondering
how can I run an entire script file, say myScript.sql from within a Java class??
(an SQL Script is simply a file containing the regular SQL commands and expressions that you might enter at an sql command line prompt)
example of an SQL Scritp: myScript.sql>>
//#create new db
CREATE DATABASE sample_db;
//#set active db
USE sample_db;
//#set table paramaters
CREATE TABLE monkeys
(name CHAR(20),
  age INT UNSIGNED,
  sex ENUM('M','F')
//#create standard monkeys
INSERT INTO monkeys(name,age,sex) VALUES("Sammy",10,"M");
INSERT INTO monkeys(name,age,sex) VALUES("Muncht",12,"M");
INSERT INTO monkeys(name,age,sex) VALUES("Jill",8,"F");
//#get recordset
SELECT * FROM monkeys WHERE age < 50;Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

The way I understand it is that your mysql.sql script file uses ';' as a delimeter between statements. So now what you can do is that read the whole file and put it inside a string/stringbuffer. Now put this string/stringbuffer to a stringTokenizer with delimeter set as ';'. this way you will recieve your exact statements without scratching your heads as where the statements begin/ends. :-)
Now once you have your statements than its just a matter of executing them against the database.
hope this helps.