SQL select statement with where clause

Question

how would i write this sql statement without a hard coded value?

resultSet = statement
    .executeQuery(\"select * from myDatabase.myTable where name = \'jo         


        

Answer 1

this should work:

String name = "john"; 
resultSet = statement
    .executeQuery("select * from myDatabase.myTable where name =" + "'" + name + "'");