PreparedStatement IN clause alternatives?

Question

What are the best workarounds for using a SQL IN clause with instances of java.sql.PreparedStatement, which is not supported for multiple values du

Answer 1

Here's a complete solution in Java to create the prepared statement for you:

/*usage:

Util u = new Util(500); //500 items per bracket. 
String sqlBefore  = "select * from myTable where (";
List values = new ArrayList(Arrays.asList(1,2,4,5)); 
string sqlAfter = ") and foo = 'bar'"; 

PreparedStatement ps = u.prepareStatements(sqlBefore, values, sqlAfter, connection, "someId");
*/



import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Util {

    private int numValuesInClause;

    public Util(int numValuesInClause) {
        super();
        this.numValuesInClause = numValuesInClause;
    }

    public int getNumValuesInClause() {
        return numValuesInClause;
    }

    public void setNumValuesInClause(int numValuesInClause) {
        this.numValuesInClause = numValuesInClause;
    }

    /** Split a given list into a list of lists for the given size of numValuesInClause*/
    public List> splitList(
            List values) {


        List> newList = new ArrayList>(); 
        while (values.size() > numValuesInClause) {
            List sublist = values.subList(0,numValuesInClause);
            List values2 = values.subList(numValuesInClause, values.size());   
            values = values2; 

            newList.add( sublist);
        }
        newList.add(values);

        return newList;
    }

    /**
     * Generates a series of split out in clause statements. 
     * @param sqlBefore ""select * from dual where ("
     * @param values [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
     * @param "sqlAfter ) and id = 5"
     * @return "select * from dual where (id in (1,2,3) or id in (4,5,6) or id in (7,8,9) or id in (10)"
     */
    public String genInClauseSql(String sqlBefore, List values,
            String sqlAfter, String identifier) 
    {
        List> newLists = splitList(values);
        String stmt = sqlBefore;

        /* now generate the in clause for each list */
        int j = 0; /* keep track of list:newLists index */
        for (List list : newLists) {
            stmt = stmt + identifier +" in (";
            StringBuilder innerBuilder = new StringBuilder();

            for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
                innerBuilder.append("?,");
            }



            String inClause = innerBuilder.deleteCharAt(
                    innerBuilder.length() - 1).toString();

            stmt = stmt + inClause;
            stmt = stmt + ")";


            if (++j < newLists.size()) {
                stmt = stmt + " OR ";
            }

        }

        stmt = stmt + sqlAfter;
        return stmt;
    }

    /**
     * Method to convert your SQL and a list of ID into a safe prepared
     * statements
     * 
     * @throws SQLException
     */
    public PreparedStatement prepareStatements(String sqlBefore,
            ArrayList values, String sqlAfter, Connection c, String identifier)
            throws SQLException {

        /* First split our potentially big list into lots of lists */
        String stmt = genInClauseSql(sqlBefore, values, sqlAfter, identifier);
        PreparedStatement ps = c.prepareStatement(stmt);

        int i = 1;
        for (int val : values)
        {

            ps.setInt(i++, val);

        }
        return ps;

    }

}