mysql - Inserting blob data in Java using PreparedStatement

Question

I am using the following code to insert an image in a database. It will store two images because I have used PreparedStatement and Statement.

When I run this code, I get two images in the database. But the two images are different, and I don't understand why. Using PreparedStatement, it is inserting perfectly. I want to have the same image when I use Statement. Why is it not working now, and how can I make it work?

import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*;
public class Image
{
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception
    {
        System.out.println("kshitij");
        Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
        Connection cn=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/jsfdb","root","kshitij");
        Statement st=cn.createStatement();
        File f1=new File("c:\k1.jpg");
        FileInputStream fin=new FileInputStream(f1);
        //DataInputStream dataIs = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(f1));
        PreparedStatement pst = cn.prepareStatement("insert into registration(image) values(?)");
        //pst.setInt(1,67);
        pst.setBinaryStream(1,fin,fin.available());
        pst.executeUpdate();
        //int length=(int)f1.length();
        byte [] b1=new byte[(int)f1.length()];
        fin.read(b1);
        fin.close();
        st.executeUpdate("insert into registration(image) values('"+b1+"')");
        System.out.println("Quesry Executed Successfully");
        FileOutputStream fout=new FileOutputStream("d://k1.jpg");
        fout.write(b1);
        fout.close();
    }
}

MySQL

CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS jsfdb;
USE jsfdb;

-- Definition of table `registration`
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `registration`;
CREATE TABLE `registration` (
  `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `image` blob NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=234 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

Answer 1

Of course they will be different. The following query does the following thing:

"insert into registration(image) values('"+b1+"')"

Take b1, which is a byte array, and call its toString() method. This results in a String like [B@8976876, which means "an object of type byte array with hashCode 8976876", but doesn't represent the contents of the byte array at all. Then insert this string in the table.

A byte array is not a String. End of story. You must use a prepared statement to insert binary data in a table. In fact, you should always use a prepared statement to execute any query that has a non-constant parameter.