Sql query for insert in grails

Question

How to execute plain sql in grails . I need to use sql query for inserting new record in database .

How can we achieve this with out using HQL and gorm relations .

Answer 1

groovy.sql.Sql simplifies the details of doing JDBC queries. In a Grails app you'd use the constructor that takes a DataSource:

import groovy.sql.Sql
...
class FooService {

   def dataSource
   ...
   def runSqlQuery(...) {
      Sql sql = new Sql(dataSource)
      sql.executeInsert("insert into ...")
      ...
   }
}

See these links for usage tips:

http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GROOVY/Tutorial+6+-+Groovy+SQL

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-pg01115.html