SQLServerException: The statement did not return a result set when executing SQL

jdbc, sql-server, sql-server-2005

Solution

Upgraded from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 and switched to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver version 1.2. I got the error "The statement did not return a result" when executing an Insert followed by SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY()".I solved the issue using executeUpdate() and getGeneratedKeys instead of executeQuery. Here is the before and after code.

Note: The connection used in this example is java.sql.connection not the com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SqlServerConnection.

SQL 2000 code

String  dbURL = "jdbc:sqlserver" + "://" + dbServer + ":" +
                 dbServerPort + ";SelectedMethod=cursor;databaseName="
                           + dbName + ";user=xxx;password=xxx";
Class.forName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver");
java.sql.Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(dbURL);
sql = "insert into Contact (name) values ('ABC'); SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY()";
PreparedStatement ps = connection.prepareStatement(sql);
ResultSet rs = ps.executeQuery();
if (rs.next()) {
     long id = rs.getLong(1);
     System.out.println("Id=" + id);
}

SQL 2005 code

String  dbURL = "jdbc:sqlserver" + "://" + dbServer + ":" +
                 dbServerPort + ";SelectedMethod=cursor;databaseName="
                           + dbName + ";user=xxx;password=xxx";

Class.forName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver");
java.sql.Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(dbURL);
sql = "insert into Contact (name) values ('ABC'); SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY()";
PreparedStatement ps = connection.prepareStatement(sql);
ps.executeUpdate();  // do not use execute() here otherwise you may get the error
                     // The statement must be executed before 
                     // any results can be obtained on the next
                     // getGeneratedKeys statement.

ResultSet rs = ps.getGeneratedKeys();
if (rs.next()) {
     long id = rs.getLong(1);
     System.out.println("Id=" + id);
}

Problem

I'm using using the sqljdbc4.jar (sqljdbc_2.0) version. I'm executing an insert + a select back to get the identity like this: ``` BEGIN INSERT INTO DateRangeOptions (Description,Code) VALUES ('dateRange.quickPick.option.all','ALL'); SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY() END ``` and I get: ``` com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: The statement did not return a result set. ``` The line is: ``` st.executeQuery(updateQuery) ``` Any ideas?

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