Trouble executing a MySQL delete statement in Java

Question

I am trying to have this code run and delete a certain record in a MySQL database but I get this error:

SQLException: Can not issue data manipulation stateme         


        

Answer 1

You use executeUpdate() for that instead.

executeQuery() is only for statements that return data. executeUpdate is for ones that won't return date (update, insert, delete, and I believe things like adding/dropping tables, constraints, triggers, and the like as well).