How do I check if the OUT parameter value is null?

This example show you how to use the CallableStatement.wasNull() method call to see if the last OUT parameter has a value of SQL NULL.

package org.kodejava.jdbc;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.CallableStatement;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.Types;
import java.sql.SQLException;

public class WasNullExample {
    private static final String URL = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/kodejava";
    private static final String USERNAME = "kodejava";
    private static final String PASSWORD = "s3cr*t";

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try (Connection connection =
                     DriverManager.getConnection(URL, USERNAME, PASSWORD)) {

            // Prepares a call to the sored procedure
            String query = "call Get_Product_By_Price2(?, ?)";
            CallableStatement cb = connection.prepareCall(query);

            // Sets the input parameter
            cb.setBigDecimal(1, new BigDecimal("50"));

            // Registers the OUT parameter
            cb.registerOutParameter(2, Types.VARCHAR);

            // Executes the query
            cb.executeQuery();

            // Gets the OUT parameter value
            cb.getString(2);

            // Checks if the last OUT parameter has the value of SQL NULL.
            // This method should be called only after calling a getter
            // method; otherwise, there is no value to use in determining
            // whether it is null or not.
            if (cb.wasNull()) {
                System.out.println("Product has an SQL NULL value");
            } else {
                System.out.println("Product: " + cb.getString(2));
            }
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Here is the stored procedure script we called in the example above.

DELIMITER ;;
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS Get_Product_By_Price2;;
CREATE PROCEDURE Get_Product_By_Price2(
    IN product_price DECIMAL(10, 2),
    OUT product_name VARCHAR(100))
BEGIN
    SELECT name
    INTO product_name
    FROM product
    WHERE price = product_price;
END;;
DELIMITER ;

Maven Dependencies

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

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A programmer, runner and recreational diver, lives on the island of Bali, Indonesia. Programming in Java, Spring Framework, Hibernate / JPA, MySQL. To support me working on this project, buy me a cup of coffee, every little bit helps. Thank you.

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