java - JDBC insert multiple rows

Question

I am now using batch:

String query = "INSERT INTO table (id, name, value) VALUES (?, ?, ?)";
PreparedStatement ps = connection.prepareStatement(query);            
for (Record record : records) {
    ps.setInt(1, record.id);
    ps.setString(2, record.name);
    ps.setInt(3, record.value);
    ps.addBatch();
}
ps.executeBatch();

I am just wondering if the above code is equivalent to the following code. If not, which is faster?

String query = "INSERT INTO table (id, name, value) VALUES ";
for (Record record : records) {
    query += "(" + record.id + ",'" + record.name + "'," + record.value + "),";
}
query = query.substring(1, query.length() - 1);
PreparedStatement ps = connection.prepareStatement(query);
ps.executeUpdate();

Answer 1

Turn off autocommit

executeBatch will have an improved performance over executeUpdate as long as autocommit is set to false:

connection.setAutoCommit(false);  
PreparedStatement ps = connection.prepareStatement(query);            
for (Record record : records) {
    // etc.
    ps.addBatch();
}
ps.executeBatch();
connection.commit();