{"id":4014,"date":"2024-03-13T07:49:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T07:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-execute-sql-statements-in-mybatis\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T00:28:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T00:28:38","slug":"how-to-execute-sql-statements-in-mybatis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-execute-sql-statements-in-mybatis\/","title":{"rendered":"Executing SQL in MyBatis: Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In MyBatis, executing SQL statements can be achieved using Mapper interfaces and mapping files. Here are the general steps:<\/p>\n<p>1. Create a Mapper interface: Define the SQL statements to be executed in the Mapper interface, such as queries, updates, deletions, and other operations.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code class=\"lang-java\">public interface UserMapper {\r\n    User getUserById(Long id);\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>2. Create a mapping file (XML file): Configure the mapping relationship between SQL statements and Mapper interface methods in the mapping file.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code class=\"lang-xml\">&lt;!-- UserMapper.xml --&gt;\r\n&lt;mapper namespace=\"com.example.mapper.UserMapper\"&gt;\r\n    &lt;select id=\"getUserById\" resultType=\"User\"&gt;\r\n        SELECT * FROM user WHERE id = #{id}\r\n    &lt;\/select&gt;\r\n&lt;\/mapper&gt;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>3. Configure MyBatis by setting up the configuration file, where you can configure the data source and mapping files.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code class=\"lang-xml\">&lt;!-- mybatis-config.xml --&gt;\r\n&lt;configuration&gt;\r\n    &lt;environments default=\"development\"&gt;\r\n        &lt;environment id=\"development\"&gt;\r\n            &lt;transactionManager type=\"JDBC\"\/&gt;\r\n            &lt;dataSource type=\"POOLED\"&gt;\r\n                &lt;property name=\"driver\" value=\"com.mysql.jdbc.Driver\"\/&gt;\r\n                &lt;property name=\"url\" value=\"jdbc:mysql:\/\/localhost:3306\/mydb\"\/&gt;\r\n                &lt;property name=\"username\" value=\"root\"\/&gt;\r\n                &lt;property name=\"password\" value=\"password\"\/&gt;\r\n            &lt;\/dataSource&gt;\r\n        &lt;\/environment&gt;\r\n    &lt;\/environments&gt;\r\n    &lt;mappers&gt;\r\n        &lt;mapper resource=\"com\/example\/mapper\/UserMapper.xml\"\/&gt;\r\n    &lt;\/mappers&gt;\r\n&lt;\/configuration&gt;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Get the SqlSession object and execute SQL statements: Obtain the SqlSession object in the code, then execute SQL statements through the methods of the Mapper interface.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code class=\"lang-java\">SqlSessionFactory sqlSessionFactory = new SqlSessionFactoryBuilder().build(reader);\r\nSqlSession sqlSession = sqlSessionFactory.openSession();\r\n\r\nUserMapper userMapper = sqlSession.getMapper(UserMapper.class);\r\nUser user = userMapper.getUserById(1L);\r\n\r\nsqlSession.close();\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>By following these steps, you can execute SQL statements in MyBatis and retrieve the results. MyBatis automatically maps the results to the specified Java objects, simplifying the process of data manipulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In MyBatis, executing SQL statements can be achieved using Mapper interfaces and mapping files. Here are the general steps: 1. Create a Mapper interface: Define the SQL statements to be executed in the Mapper interface, such as queries, updates, deletions, and other operations. public interface UserMapper { User getUserById(Long id); } 2. 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