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

Change

ResultSet rs = statement.executeQuery("DELETE FROM content_resource WHERE RESOURCE_ID LIKE '%Hollow%'");

To

int deletedRows = statement.executeUpdate("DELETE FROM content_resource WHERE RESOURCE_ID LIKE '%Hollow%'");

As others have said, executeQuery() should be used for statements that return data, typically a select statement. For insert / update / delete statements you should use executeUpdate() instead.