Sqlite JDBC driver not supporting RETURN_GENERATED_KEYS

Question

I am using Xerial latest jdbc driver for sqlite (version 3.7.2) It does not seem to have support for Statement RETURN_GENERATED_KEYS. I keep getting \"not implemented by SQL

Answer 1

If upgrading/replacing the JDBC driver is not an option (the SQLiteJDBC seem to support it), then you really need to fire a SELECT last_insert_rowid() query to obtain the generated key. To avoid race conditions with concurrent inserts, fire it in a transaction.

connection = database.getConnection();
connection.setAutoCommit(false); // Starts transaction.
preparedStatement = connection.prepareStatement(INSERT_SQL);
preparedStatement.setSomething(something);
// ...
preparedStatement.executeUpdate();
statement = connection.createStatement();
generatedKeys = statement.executeQuery("SELECT last_insert_rowid()");
if (generatedKeys.next()) {
    generatedKey = generatedKeys.getLong(1);
}
connection.commit(); // Commits transaction.