How to insert the system date using PreparedStatement

Question

How do I insert system date(from Orcale database) using
PreparedStatement. I am aware that that oracle has date
function 'sysdate' to retrieve the database current date.
How Do i use that in the following syntax?
Alertnative 1:
String inssql =
"insert into emp (empid, name, dept, updateDate) "+
" values (?, ?, ?, ?)";
PreparedStatement pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(inssql);
pstmt.setInt(1, 123456);
pstmt.setString(2, "Bougnon Kipre");
pstmt.setString(3, "Rare Species Depatement" );
pstmt.setDate(4, sysdate) // if this okay
pstmt.executeUpdate();
Alternative 2:
String inssql =
"insert into emp (empid, name, dept, updateDate) "+
" values (?, ?, ?, sysdate)";
PreparedStatement pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(inssql);
pstmt.setInt(1, 123456);
pstmt.setString(2, "Bougnon Kipre");
pstmt.setString(3, "Rare Species Depatement" );
pstmt.executeUpdate();

Answer 1

Hi,
The second alternative will be the best way.
Since the alternative 1 won't work. sysdate cannot be accessed
from java as a variable. Either use alternative two or create a
java.sql.Date and insert it.
Regards
Elango