In this example we are showing you how to delete a record from table in the database. We use a standard JDBC library for this purpose. For the database we use MySQL, you can use any type of database you want. All you need to do is to find the JDBC driver for the database and configure it accordingly.

So here is the code example for deleting records from a table in a database.

package org.kodejava.jdbc;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;

public class DeleteRecordExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This is our connection url to MySQL database, where jdbc is the
        // prefix for all jdbc connection. The mysql sub telling that we
        // are using MySQL database. Localhost is where our database is
        // resided and kodejava is our database name.
        String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/kodejava";

        // To connect to a database we will need a username and a password
        // for the database server to allow us to manipulate its data.
        String username = "kodejava";
        String password = "s3cr*t";

        // Then we ask a connection from the DriverManager by passing
        // the connection URL, the username and the password.
        try (Connection connection =
                     DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password)) {

            // To delete records from tables we create an SQL delete command.
            // The question mark that we used in the where clause will be the
            // holder of value that will be assigned by PreparedStatement
            // class.
            String sql = "DELETE FROM book WHERE isbn = ?";
            String isbn = "9781617294945";

            // Create a statement object. We use PreparedStatement here.
            PreparedStatement statement = connection.prepareStatement(sql);

            // Pass a value of an ISBN that will tell the database which
            // record in the database to be deleted. Remember that when
            // using a statement object the index parameter is start from
            // 1 not 0 as in the Java array data type index.
            statement.setString(1, isbn);

            // Tell the statement to execute the command. The executeUpdate()
            // method for a delete command returns number of records deleted
            // as the command executed in the database. If no records was
            // deleted it will simply return 0
            int rows = statement.executeUpdate();

            System.out.println(rows + " record(s) deleted.");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Maven dependencies

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
    <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
    <version>8.4.0</version>
</dependency>