We can use JDKs JDBC API to create a table in a database. We create tables by using the Statements::executeUpdate method and pass the proper SQL command along to the database. Here is an example of how to do this in Kotlin.

private fun createTable(connection: Connection) {
    //SQL statement to create a table
    val sql = """
         CREATE TABLE BURGERS.MENU (
            ID int primary key,
            ITEM varchar(255),
            PRICE float)
        """.trimMargin()
    connection.createStatement().executeUpdate(sql)
}

The first thing to do is to prepare a SQL String. Kotlin’s triple quoted strings “”” are very useful for making such Strings. Next, we enter a with() function call on the connection object and call createStatement() to get an instance of Statement. The Statement has an executeUpdate(String) method that accepts our SQL string. Once the executeUpdate() method returns, our database has a new table.

Example Program

Below is a Kotlin program that includes creating a table in the database.

pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>OCJP-DB</groupId>
    <artifactId>ocjpdb</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <properties>
        <kotlin.version>1.2.0</kotlin.version>
        <main.class>stonesoupprogramming.MainKt</main.class>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
            <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
            <version>10.14.1.0</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jre8</artifactId>
            <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
            <artifactId>kotlin-test</artifactId>
            <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <sourceDirectory>src/main/kotlin</sourceDirectory>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
                <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>compile</id>
                        <phase>compile</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>compile</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                    <execution>
                        <id>test-compile</id>
                        <phase>test-compile</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>test-compile</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
                <configuration>
                    <jvmTarget>1.8</jvmTarget>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.6</version>
                <configuration>
                    <archive>
                        <manifest>
                            <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
                            <mainClass>${main.class}</mainClass>
                        </manifest>
                    </archive>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>1.2.1</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <phase>test</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>java</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
                <configuration>
                    <mainClass>${main.class}</mainClass>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

BurgerMenu.kt

package stonesoupprogramming

import java.sql.Connection
import java.sql.DriverManager
import java.sql.ResultSet
import java.util.*

private const val SCHEMA = "BURGERS"
private const val TABLE = "MENU"

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    val properties = Properties()

    //Populate the properties file with user name and password
    with(properties) {
        put("user", "admin")
        put("password", "pw")
    }

    //Open a connection to the database
    DriverManager
            .getConnection("jdbc:derby:stonesoup;create=true", properties)
            .use { connection ->
                    prepareTable(connection)
                    insertItems(connection)
                    queryRows(connection)
                    updatePrice(connection, 6.95)

                    println("\nAfter update")
                    queryRows(connection)

                    println("\nAfter delete")
                    deleteRows(connection, listOf(1, 3, 5, 7))
                    queryRows(connection)
            }
}

fun deleteRows(connection: Connection, pks: List<Int>) {
    //Create an updatable Statement (using ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE)
    val rs = connection
            .createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_SENSITIVE, ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE)
            .executeQuery("SELECT * FROM BURGERS.MENU WHERE ID IN (${pks.joinToString(", ")})")

    while(rs.next()){
        //Delete each row in the ResultSet
        rs.deleteRow()
    }
}

fun updatePrice(connection: Connection, price: Double) {
    val sql = "SELECT * FROM $SCHEMA.$TABLE"
    val rs = connection.createStatement(
            ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_SENSITIVE,
            ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE) //This is required to make the ResultSet updatable
            .executeQuery(sql)
    while(rs.next()){
        with(rs) {
            updateDouble("PRICE", price)
            updateRow()
        }
    }
}

private fun queryRows(connection: Connection) {
    val sql = "SELECT * FROM $SCHEMA.$TABLE"
    val rs = connection.createStatement().executeQuery(sql)
    while (rs.next()) {
        println("ID: ${rs.getInt("ID")}\t" +
                "PRICE: $${rs.getDouble("PRICE")}\t" +
                "NAME: ${rs.getString("ITEM")}")
    }
}

private fun insertItems(connection: Connection) {
    insertRow(connection, 1, "'New Bacon-ings'", 5.95)
    insertRow(connection, 2, "'Chorizo Your Own Adventure Burger'", 5.95)
    insertRow(connection, 3, "'Not If I Can Kelp It Burger'", 5.95)
    insertRow(connection, 4, "'The Longest Chard Burger'", 5.95)
    insertRow(connection, 5, "'Peas and Thank You Burger'", 5.95)
    insertRow(connection, 6, "'Cole came, cole slaw, cole conquered burger'", 5.95)
    insertRow(connection, 7, "'Chili Wonka Burger'", 5.95)
    insertRow(connection, 8, "'The Clear and Present Ginger Burger'", 5.95)
}

private fun insertRow(connection: Connection, id: Int, name: String, price: Double) {
    //Obtain an updatable ResultSet object (ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE)
    val resultSet = connection
            .createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_SENSITIVE, ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE)
            .executeQuery("SELECT * FROM BURGERS.MENU")

    with(resultSet){
        //Move the ResultSet to the insert row
        moveToInsertRow()

        //Populate each column using the relevant update method
        updateInt("ID", id)
        updateString("ITEM", name)
        updateDouble("PRICE", price)

        //Now insert the row
        insertRow()
    }
}

private fun prepareTable(connection: Connection) {
    val metaData = connection.metaData
    val rs = metaData.getTables(null, SCHEMA, TABLE, null)

    if (!rs.next()) {
        createTable(connection)
    } else {
        truncateTable(connection)
    }
}

private fun truncateTable(connection: Connection) {
    val sql = "TRUNCATE TABLE $SCHEMA.$TABLE"
    with (connection) {
        createStatement().execute(sql)
        commit()
    }
}

private fun createTable(connection: Connection) {
    //SQL statement to create a table
    val sql = """
         CREATE TABLE BURGERS.MENU (
            ID int primary key,
            ITEM varchar(255),
            PRICE float)
        """.trimMargin()
    connection.createStatement().executeUpdate(sql)
}