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SQL >select count(*) from Teacher where teacherCode=? and teacherPassword=? java.sql.SQLException:
SQL >select count(*) from Teacher where teacherCode=? and teacherPassword=?
java.sql.SQLException: Can not issue executeUpdate() for SELECTs
at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:1075)
at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:989)
public int execOther(final String strSQL, final Object[] params){
this.fetchFreeConnection();
try {
this.pstmt = this.conn.prepareStatement(strSQL);
System.out.println(new Date()+"nSQL >"+strSQL);
for (int i = 0; i < params.length; i++) {
this.pstmt.setObject(i+1, params[i]);
}
int count = this.pstmt.executeUpdate();
return count;
} catch (SQLException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
return -1;
}
}