preparestatement-method-java-lang-string-java-lang-string.md

title	prepareStatement Method (java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
description	prepareStatement Method (java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
author	dlevy-msft-sql
ms.author	dlevy
ms.reviewer	davidengel, machavan, sunilbs
ms.date	01/19/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	connectivity
ms.topic	reference
apilocation	sqljdbc.jar
apiname	SQLServerConnection.prepareStatement
apitype	Assembly

prepareStatement Method (java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

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Creates a SQLServerPreparedStatement object for sending parameterized SQL statements to the database.

Syntax

  
public java.sql.PreparedStatement prepareStatement(java.lang.String sql,  
                                                   java.lang.String[] columnNames)  

Parameters

sql

A String containing a SQL statement.

columnNames

A String array of column names.

Return Value

A PreparedStatement object.

Exceptions

SQLServerException

Remarks

This prepareStatement method is specified by the prepareStatement method in the java.sql.Connection interface.

See Also

prepareStatement Method (SQLServerConnection)
SQLServerConnection Members
SQLServerConnection Class