Build a Java App with CockroachDB

$ cockroach sql --certs-dir=certs

> CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS maxroach;

> CREATE DATABASE bank;

> GRANT ALL ON DATABASE bank TO maxroach;

> \q

$ cockroach cert create-client maxroach --certs-dir=certs --ca-key=my-safe-directory/ca.key --also-generate-pkcs8-key

import java.util.*;
import java.time.*;
import java.sql.*;
import javax.sql.DataSource;

import org.postgresql.ds.PGSimpleDataSource;

/*
  Download the Postgres JDBC driver jar from https://jdbc.postgresql.org.

  Then, compile and run this example like so:

  $ export CLASSPATH=.:/path/to/postgresql.jar
  $ javac BasicExample.java && java BasicExample

  To build the javadoc:

  $ javadoc -package -cp .:./path/to/postgresql.jar BasicExample.java

  At a high level, this code consists of two classes:

  1. BasicExample, which is where the application logic lives.

  2. BasicExampleDAO, which is used by the application to access the
     data store.

*/

public class BasicExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // Configure the database connection.
        PGSimpleDataSource ds = new PGSimpleDataSource();
        ds.setServerName("localhost");
        ds.setPortNumber(26257);
        ds.setDatabaseName("bank");
        ds.setUser("maxroach");
        ds.setPassword(null);
        ds.setSsl(true);
        ds.setSslMode("require");
        ds.setSslCert("certs/client.maxroach.crt");
        ds.setSslKey("certs/client.maxroach.key.pk8");
        ds.setReWriteBatchedInserts(true); // add `rewriteBatchedInserts=true` to pg connection string
        ds.setApplicationName("BasicExample");

        // Create DAO.
        BasicExampleDAO dao = new BasicExampleDAO(ds);

        // Test our retry handling logic if FORCE_RETRY is true.  This
        // method is only used to test the retry logic.  It is not
        // necessary in production code.
        dao.testRetryHandling();

        // Set up the 'accounts' table.
        dao.createAccounts();

        // Insert a few accounts "by hand", using INSERTs on the backend.
        Map<String, String> balances = new HashMap<String, String>();
        balances.put("1", "1000");
        balances.put("2", "250");
        int updatedAccounts = dao.updateAccounts(balances);
        System.out.printf("BasicExampleDAO.updateAccounts:\n    => %s total updated accounts\n", updatedAccounts);

        // How much money is in these accounts?
        int balance1 = dao.getAccountBalance(1);
        int balance2 = dao.getAccountBalance(2);
        System.out.printf("main:\n    => Account balances at time '%s':\n    ID %s => $%s\n    ID %s => $%s\n", LocalTime.now(), 1, balance1, 2, balance2);

        // Transfer $100 from account 1 to account 2
        int fromAccount = 1;
        int toAccount = 2;
        int transferAmount = 100;
        int transferredAccounts = dao.transferFunds(fromAccount, toAccount, transferAmount);
        if (transferredAccounts != -1) {
            System.out.printf("BasicExampleDAO.transferFunds:\n    => $%s transferred between accounts %s and %s, %s rows updated\n", transferAmount, fromAccount, toAccount, transferredAccounts);
        }

        balance1 = dao.getAccountBalance(1);
        balance2 = dao.getAccountBalance(2);
        System.out.printf("main:\n    => Account balances at time '%s':\n    ID %s => $%s\n    ID %s => $%s\n", LocalTime.now(), 1, balance1, 2, balance2);

        // Bulk insertion example using JDBC's batching support.
        int totalRowsInserted = dao.bulkInsertRandomAccountData();
        System.out.printf("\nBasicExampleDAO.bulkInsertRandomAccountData:\n    => finished, %s total rows inserted\n", totalRowsInserted);

        // Print out 10 account values.
        int accountsRead = dao.readAccounts(10);

        // Drop the 'accounts' table so this code can be run again.
        dao.tearDown();
    }
}

/**
 * Data access object used by 'BasicExample'.  Abstraction over some
 * common CockroachDB operations, including:
 *
 * - Auto-handling transaction retries in the 'runSQL' method
 *
 * - Example of bulk inserts in the 'bulkInsertRandomAccountData'
 *   method
 */

class BasicExampleDAO {

    private static final int MAX_RETRY_COUNT = 3;
    private static final String RETRY_SQL_STATE = "40001";
    private static final boolean FORCE_RETRY = false;

    private final DataSource ds;

    private final Random rand = new Random();

    BasicExampleDAO(DataSource ds) {
        this.ds = ds;
    }

    /**
       Used to test the retry logic in 'runSQL'.  It is not necessary
       in production code.  Note that this calls an internal
       CockroachDB function that can only be run by the 'root' user,
       and will fail with an insufficient privileges error if you try
       to run it as user 'maxroach'.
    */
    void testRetryHandling() {
        if (this.FORCE_RETRY) {
            runSQL("SELECT crdb_internal.force_retry('1s':::INTERVAL)");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Run SQL code in a way that automatically handles the
     * transaction retry logic so we do not have to duplicate it in
     * various places.
     *
     * @param sqlCode a String containing the SQL code you want to
     * execute.  Can have placeholders, e.g., "INSERT INTO accounts
     * (id, balance) VALUES (?, ?)".
     *
     * @param args String Varargs to fill in the SQL code's
     * placeholders.
     * @return Integer Number of rows updated, or -1 if an error is thrown.
     */
    public Integer runSQL(String sqlCode, String... args) {

        // This block is only used to emit class and method names in
        // the program output.  It is not necessary in production
        // code.
        StackTraceElement[] stacktrace = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
        StackTraceElement elem = stacktrace[2];
        String callerClass = elem.getClassName();
        String callerMethod = elem.getMethodName();

        int rv = 0;

        try (Connection connection = ds.getConnection()) {

            // We're managing the commit lifecycle ourselves so we can
            // automatically issue transaction retries.
            connection.setAutoCommit(false);

            int retryCount = 0;

            while (retryCount <= MAX_RETRY_COUNT) {

                if (retryCount == MAX_RETRY_COUNT) {
                    String err = String.format("hit max of %s retries, aborting", MAX_RETRY_COUNT);
                    throw new RuntimeException(err);
                }

                // This block is only used to test the retry logic.
                // It is not necessary in production code.  See also
                // the method 'testRetryHandling()'.
                if (FORCE_RETRY) {
                    forceRetry(connection); // SELECT 1
                }

                try (PreparedStatement pstmt = connection.prepareStatement(sqlCode)) {

                    // Loop over the args and insert them into the
                    // prepared statement based on their types.  In
                    // this simple example we classify the argument
                    // types as "integers" and "everything else"
                    // (a.k.a. strings).
                    for (int i=0; i<args.length; i++) {
                        int place = i + 1;
                        String arg = args[i];

                        try {
                            int val = Integer.parseInt(arg);
                            pstmt.setInt(place, val);
                        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                            pstmt.setString(place, arg);
                        }
                    }

                    if (pstmt.execute()) {
                        // We know that `pstmt.getResultSet()` will
                        // not return `null` if `pstmt.execute()` was
                        // true
                        ResultSet rs = pstmt.getResultSet();
                        ResultSetMetaData rsmeta = rs.getMetaData();
                        int colCount = rsmeta.getColumnCount();

                        // This printed output is for debugging and/or demonstration
                        // purposes only.  It would not be necessary in production code.
                        System.out.printf("\n%s.%s:\n    '%s'\n", callerClass, callerMethod, pstmt);

                        while (rs.next()) {
                            for (int i=1; i <= colCount; i++) {
                                String name = rsmeta.getColumnName(i);
                                String type = rsmeta.getColumnTypeName(i);

                                // In this "bank account" example we know we are only handling
                                // integer values (technically 64-bit INT8s, the CockroachDB
                                // default).  This code could be made into a switch statement
                                // to handle the various SQL types needed by the application.
                                if (type == "int8") {
                                    int val = rs.getInt(name);

                                    // This printed output is for debugging and/or demonstration
                                    // purposes only.  It would not be necessary in production code.
                                    System.out.printf("    %-8s => %10s\n", name, val);
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    } else {
                        int updateCount = pstmt.getUpdateCount();
                        rv += updateCount;

                        // This printed output is for debugging and/or demonstration
                        // purposes only.  It would not be necessary in production code.
                        System.out.printf("\n%s.%s:\n    '%s'\n", callerClass, callerMethod, pstmt);
                    }

                    connection.commit();
                    break;

                } catch (SQLException e) {

                    if (RETRY_SQL_STATE.equals(e.getSQLState())) {
                        // Since this is a transaction retry error, we
                        // roll back the transaction and sleep a
                        // little before trying again.  Each time
                        // through the loop we sleep for a little
                        // longer than the last time
                        // (A.K.A. exponential backoff).
                        System.out.printf("retryable exception occurred:\n    sql state = [%s]\n    message = [%s]\n    retry counter = %s\n", e.getSQLState(), e.getMessage(), retryCount);
                        connection.rollback();
                        retryCount++;
                        int sleepMillis = (int)(Math.pow(2, retryCount) * 100) + rand.nextInt(100);
                        System.out.printf("Hit 40001 transaction retry error, sleeping %s milliseconds\n", sleepMillis);
                        try {
                            Thread.sleep(sleepMillis);
                        } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
                            // Necessary to allow the Thread.sleep()
                            // above so the retry loop can continue.
                        }

                        rv = -1;
                    } else {
                        rv = -1;
                        throw e;
                    }
                }
            }
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            System.out.printf("BasicExampleDAO.runSQL ERROR: { state => %s, cause => %s, message => %s }\n",
                              e.getSQLState(), e.getCause(), e.getMessage());
            rv = -1;
        }

        return rv;
    }

    /**
     * Helper method called by 'testRetryHandling'.  It simply issues
     * a "SELECT 1" inside the transaction to force a retry.  This is
     * necessary to take the connection's session out of the AutoRetry
     * state, since otherwise the other statements in the session will
     * be retried automatically, and the client (us) will not see a
     * retry error. Note that this information is taken from the
     * following test:
     * https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/blob/master/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/manual_retry
     *
     * @param connection Connection
     */
    private void forceRetry(Connection connection) throws SQLException {
        try (PreparedStatement statement = connection.prepareStatement("SELECT 1")){
            statement.executeQuery();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates a fresh, empty accounts table in the database.
     */
    public void createAccounts() {
        runSQL("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS accounts (id INT PRIMARY KEY, balance INT, CONSTRAINT balance_gt_0 CHECK (balance >= 0))");
    };

    /**
     * Update accounts by passing in a Map of (ID, Balance) pairs.
     *
     * @param accounts (Map)
     * @return The number of updated accounts (int)
     */
    public int updateAccounts(Map<String, String> accounts) {
        int rows = 0;
        for (Map.Entry<String, String> account : accounts.entrySet()) {

            String k = account.getKey();
            String v = account.getValue();

            String[] args = {k, v};
            rows += runSQL("INSERT INTO accounts (id, balance) VALUES (?, ?)", args);
        }
        return rows;
    }

    /**
     * Transfer funds between one account and another.  Handles
     * transaction retries in case of conflict automatically on the
     * backend.
     * @param fromId (int)
     * @param toId (int)
     * @param amount (int)
     * @return The number of updated accounts (int)
     */
    public int transferFunds(int fromId, int toId, int amount) {
            String sFromId = Integer.toString(fromId);
            String sToId = Integer.toString(toId);
            String sAmount = Integer.toString(amount);

            // We have omitted explicit BEGIN/COMMIT statements for
            // brevity.  Individual statements are treated as implicit
            // transactions by CockroachDB (see
            // https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/transactions.html#individual-statements).

            String sqlCode = "UPSERT INTO accounts (id, balance) VALUES" +
                "(?, ((SELECT balance FROM accounts WHERE id = ?) - ?))," +
                "(?, ((SELECT balance FROM accounts WHERE id = ?) + ?))";

            return runSQL(sqlCode, sFromId, sFromId, sAmount, sToId, sToId, sAmount);
    }

    /**
     * Get the account balance for one account.
     *
     * We skip using the retry logic in 'runSQL()' here for the
     * following reasons:
     *
     * 1. Since this is a single read ("SELECT"), we do not expect any
     *    transaction conflicts to handle
     *
     * 2. We need to return the balance as an integer
     *
     * @param id (int)
     * @return balance (int)
     */
    public int getAccountBalance(int id) {
        int balance = 0;

        try (Connection connection = ds.getConnection()) {

                // Check the current balance.
                ResultSet res = connection.createStatement()
                    .executeQuery("SELECT balance FROM accounts WHERE id = "
                                  + id);
                if(!res.next()) {
                    System.out.printf("No users in the table with id %i", id);
                } else {
                    balance = res.getInt("balance");
                }
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            System.out.printf("BasicExampleDAO.getAccountBalance ERROR: { state => %s, cause => %s, message => %s }\n",
                              e.getSQLState(), e.getCause(), e.getMessage());
        }

        return balance;
    }

    /**
     * Insert randomized account data (ID, balance) using the JDBC
     * fast path for bulk inserts.  The fastest way to get data into
     * CockroachDB is the IMPORT statement.  However, if you must bulk
     * ingest from the application using INSERT statements, the best
     * option is the method shown here. It will require the following:
     *
     * 1. Add `rewriteBatchedInserts=true` to your JDBC connection
     *    settings (see the connection info in 'BasicExample.main').
     *
     * 2. Inserting in batches of 128 rows, as used inside this method
     *    (see BATCH_SIZE), since the PGJDBC driver's logic works best
     *    with powers of two, such that a batch of size 128 can be 6x
     *    faster than a batch of size 250.
     * @return The number of new accounts inserted (int)
     */
    public int bulkInsertRandomAccountData() {

        Random random = new Random();
        int BATCH_SIZE = 128;
        int totalNewAccounts = 0;

        try (Connection connection = ds.getConnection()) {

            // We're managing the commit lifecycle ourselves so we can
            // control the size of our batch inserts.
            connection.setAutoCommit(false);

            // In this example we are adding 500 rows to the database,
            // but it could be any number.  What's important is that
            // the batch size is 128.
            try (PreparedStatement pstmt = connection.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO accounts (id, balance) VALUES (?, ?)")) {
                for (int i=0; i<=(500/BATCH_SIZE);i++) {
                    for (int j=0; j<BATCH_SIZE; j++) {
                        int id = random.nextInt(1000000000);
                        int balance = random.nextInt(1000000000);
                        pstmt.setInt(1, id);
                        pstmt.setInt(2, balance);
                        pstmt.addBatch();
                    }
                    int[] count = pstmt.executeBatch();
                    totalNewAccounts += count.length;
                    System.out.printf("\nBasicExampleDAO.bulkInsertRandomAccountData:\n    '%s'\n", pstmt.toString());
                    System.out.printf("    => %s row(s) updated in this batch\n", count.length);
                }
                connection.commit();
            } catch (SQLException e) {
                System.out.printf("BasicExampleDAO.bulkInsertRandomAccountData ERROR: { state => %s, cause => %s, message => %s }\n",
                                  e.getSQLState(), e.getCause(), e.getMessage());
            }
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            System.out.printf("BasicExampleDAO.bulkInsertRandomAccountData ERROR: { state => %s, cause => %s, message => %s }\n",
                              e.getSQLState(), e.getCause(), e.getMessage());
        }
        return totalNewAccounts;
    }

    /**
     * Read out a subset of accounts from the data store.
     *
     * @param limit (int)
     * @return Number of accounts read (int)
     */
    public int readAccounts(int limit) {
        return runSQL("SELECT id, balance FROM accounts LIMIT ?", Integer.toString(limit));
    }

    /**
     * Perform any necessary cleanup of the data store so it can be
     * used again.
     */
    public void tearDown() {
        runSQL("DROP TABLE accounts;");
    }
}

$ cockroach sql --insecure

> CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS maxroach;

> CREATE DATABASE bank;

> GRANT ALL ON DATABASE bank TO maxroach;

> \q

import java.util.*;
import java.time.*;
import java.sql.*;
import javax.sql.DataSource;

import org.postgresql.ds.PGSimpleDataSource;

/*
  Download the Postgres JDBC driver jar from https://jdbc.postgresql.org.

  Then, compile and run this example like so:

  $ export CLASSPATH=.:/path/to/postgresql.jar
  $ javac BasicExample.java && java BasicExample

  To build the javadoc:

  $ javadoc -package -cp .:./path/to/postgresql.jar BasicExample.java

  At a high level, this code consists of two classes:

  1. BasicExample, which is where the application logic lives.

  2. BasicExampleDAO, which is used by the application to access the
     data store.

*/

public class BasicExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // Configure the database connection.
        PGSimpleDataSource ds = new PGSimpleDataSource();
        ds.setServerName("localhost");
        ds.setPortNumber(26257);
        ds.setDatabaseName("bank");
        ds.setUser("maxroach");
        ds.setPassword(null);
        ds.setReWriteBatchedInserts(true); // add `rewriteBatchedInserts=true` to pg connection string
        ds.setApplicationName("BasicExample");

        // Create DAO.
        BasicExampleDAO dao = new BasicExampleDAO(ds);

        // Test our retry handling logic if FORCE_RETRY is true.  This
        // method is only used to test the retry logic.  It is not
        // necessary in production code.
        dao.testRetryHandling();

        // Set up the 'accounts' table.
        dao.createAccounts();

        // Insert a few accounts "by hand", using INSERTs on the backend.
        Map<String, String> balances = new HashMap<String, String>();
        balances.put("1", "1000");
        balances.put("2", "250");
        int updatedAccounts = dao.updateAccounts(balances);
        System.out.printf("BasicExampleDAO.updateAccounts:\n    => %s total updated accounts\n", updatedAccounts);

        // How much money is in these accounts?
        int balance1 = dao.getAccountBalance(1);
        int balance2 = dao.getAccountBalance(2);
        System.out.printf("main:\n    => Account balances at time '%s':\n    ID %s => $%s\n    ID %s => $%s\n", LocalTime.now(), 1, balance1, 2, balance2);

        // Transfer $100 from account 1 to account 2
        int fromAccount = 1;
        int toAccount = 2;
        int transferAmount = 100;
        int transferredAccounts = dao.transferFunds(fromAccount, toAccount, transferAmount);
        if (transferredAccounts != -1) {
            System.out.printf("BasicExampleDAO.transferFunds:\n    => $%s transferred between accounts %s and %s, %s rows updated\n", transferAmount, fromAccount, toAccount, transferredAccounts);
        }

        balance1 = dao.getAccountBalance(1);
        balance2 = dao.getAccountBalance(2);
        System.out.printf("main:\n    => Account balances at time '%s':\n    ID %s => $%s\n    ID %s => $%s\n", LocalTime.now(), 1, balance1, 2, balance2);

        // Bulk insertion example using JDBC's batching support.
        int totalRowsInserted = dao.bulkInsertRandomAccountData();
        System.out.printf("\nBasicExampleDAO.bulkInsertRandomAccountData:\n    => finished, %s total rows inserted\n", totalRowsInserted);

        // Print out 10 account values.
        int accountsRead = dao.readAccounts(10);

        // Drop the 'accounts' table so this code can be run again.
        dao.tearDown();
    }
}

/**
 * Data access object used by 'BasicExample'.  Abstraction over some
 * common CockroachDB operations, including:
 *
 * - Auto-handling transaction retries in the 'runSQL' method
 *
 * - Example of bulk inserts in the 'bulkInsertRandomAccountData'
 *   method
 */

class BasicExampleDAO {

    private static final int MAX_RETRY_COUNT = 3;
    private static final String RETRY_SQL_STATE = "40001";
    private static final boolean FORCE_RETRY = false;

    private final DataSource ds;

    private final Random rand = new Random();

    BasicExampleDAO(DataSource ds) {
        this.ds = ds;
    }

    /**
       Used to test the retry logic in 'runSQL'.  It is not necessary
       in production code.  Note that this calls an internal
       CockroachDB function that can only be run by the 'root' user,
       and will fail with an insufficient privileges error if you try
       to run it as user 'maxroach'.
    */
    void testRetryHandling() {
        if (this.FORCE_RETRY) {
            runSQL("SELECT crdb_internal.force_retry('1s':::INTERVAL)");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Run SQL code in a way that automatically handles the
     * transaction retry logic so we do not have to duplicate it in
     * various places.
     *
     * @param sqlCode a String containing the SQL code you want to
     * execute.  Can have placeholders, e.g., "INSERT INTO accounts
     * (id, balance) VALUES (?, ?)".
     *
     * @param args String Varargs to fill in the SQL code's
     * placeholders.
     * @return Integer Number of rows updated, or -1 if an error is thrown.
     */
    public Integer runSQL(String sqlCode, String... args) {

        // This block is only used to emit class and method names in
        // the program output.  It is not necessary in production
        // code.
        StackTraceElement[] stacktrace = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
        StackTraceElement elem = stacktrace[2];
        String callerClass = elem.getClassName();
        String callerMethod = elem.getMethodName();

        int rv = 0;

        try (Connection connection = ds.getConnection()) {

            // We're managing the commit lifecycle ourselves so we can
            // automatically issue transaction retries.
            connection.setAutoCommit(false);

            int retryCount = 0;

            while (retryCount <= MAX_RETRY_COUNT) {

                if (retryCount == MAX_RETRY_COUNT) {
                    String err = String.format("hit max of %s retries, aborting", MAX_RETRY_COUNT);
                    throw new RuntimeException(err);
                }

                // This block is only used to test the retry logic.
                // It is not necessary in production code.  See also
                // the method 'testRetryHandling()'.
                if (FORCE_RETRY) {
                    forceRetry(connection); // SELECT 1
                }

                try (PreparedStatement pstmt = connection.prepareStatement(sqlCode)) {

                    // Loop over the args and insert them into the
                    // prepared statement based on their types.  In
                    // this simple example we classify the argument
                    // types as "integers" and "everything else"
                    // (a.k.a. strings).
                    for (int i=0; i<args.length; i++) {
                        int place = i + 1;
                        String arg = args[i];

                        try {
                            int val = Integer.parseInt(arg);
                            pstmt.setInt(place, val);
                        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                            pstmt.setString(place, arg);
                        }
                    }

                    if (pstmt.execute()) {
                        // We know that `pstmt.getResultSet()` will
                        // not return `null` if `pstmt.execute()` was
                        // true
                        ResultSet rs = pstmt.getResultSet();
                        ResultSetMetaData rsmeta = rs.getMetaData();
                        int colCount = rsmeta.getColumnCount();

                        // This printed output is for debugging and/or demonstration
                        // purposes only.  It would not be necessary in production code.
                        System.out.printf("\n%s.%s:\n    '%s'\n", callerClass, callerMethod, pstmt);

                        while (rs.next()) {
                            for (int i=1; i <= colCount; i++) {
                                String name = rsmeta.getColumnName(i);
                                String type = rsmeta.getColumnTypeName(i);

                                // In this "bank account" example we know we are only handling
                                // integer values (technically 64-bit INT8s, the CockroachDB
                                // default).  This code could be made into a switch statement
                                // to handle the various SQL types needed by the application.
                                if (type == "int8") {
                                    int val = rs.getInt(name);

                                    // This printed output is for debugging and/or demonstration
                                    // purposes only.  It would not be necessary in production code.
                                    System.out.printf("    %-8s => %10s\n", name, val);
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    } else {
                        int updateCount = pstmt.getUpdateCount();
                        rv += updateCount;

                        // This printed output is for debugging and/or demonstration
                        // purposes only.  It would not be necessary in production code.
                        System.out.printf("\n%s.%s:\n    '%s'\n", callerClass, callerMethod, pstmt);
                    }

                    connection.commit();
                    break;

                } catch (SQLException e) {

                    if (RETRY_SQL_STATE.equals(e.getSQLState())) {
                        // Since this is a transaction retry error, we
                        // roll back the transaction and sleep a
                        // little before trying again.  Each time
                        // through the loop we sleep for a little
                        // longer than the last time
                        // (A.K.A. exponential backoff).
                        System.out.printf("retryable exception occurred:\n    sql state = [%s]\n    message = [%s]\n    retry counter = %s\n", e.getSQLState(), e.getMessage(), retryCount);
                        connection.rollback();
                        retryCount++;
                        int sleepMillis = (int)(Math.pow(2, retryCount) * 100) + rand.nextInt(100);
                        System.out.printf("Hit 40001 transaction retry error, sleeping %s milliseconds\n", sleepMillis);
                        try {
                            Thread.sleep(sleepMillis);
                        } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
                            // Necessary to allow the Thread.sleep()
                            // above so the retry loop can continue.
                        }

                        rv = -1;
                    } else {
                        rv = -1;
                        throw e;
                    }
                }
            }
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            System.out.printf("BasicExampleDAO.runSQL ERROR: { state => %s, cause => %s, message => %s }\n",
                              e.getSQLState(), e.getCause(), e.getMessage());
            rv = -1;
        }

        return rv;
    }

    /**
     * Helper method called by 'testRetryHandling'.  It simply issues
     * a "SELECT 1" inside the transaction to force a retry.  This is
     * necessary to take the connection's session out of the AutoRetry
     * state, since otherwise the other statements in the session will
     * be retried automatically, and the client (us) will not see a
     * retry error. Note that this information is taken from the
     * following test:
     * https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/blob/master/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/manual_retry
     *
     * @param connection Connection
     */
    private void forceRetry(Connection connection) throws SQLException {
        try (PreparedStatement statement = connection.prepareStatement("SELECT 1")){
            statement.executeQuery();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates a fresh, empty accounts table in the database.
     */
    public void createAccounts() {
        runSQL("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS accounts (id INT PRIMARY KEY, balance INT, CONSTRAINT balance_gt_0 CHECK (balance >= 0))");
    };

    /**
     * Update accounts by passing in a Map of (ID, Balance) pairs.
     *
     * @param accounts (Map)
     * @return The number of updated accounts (int)
     */
    public int updateAccounts(Map<String, String> accounts) {
        int rows = 0;
        for (Map.Entry<String, String> account : accounts.entrySet()) {

            String k = account.getKey();
            String v = account.getValue();

            String[] args = {k, v};
            rows += runSQL("INSERT INTO accounts (id, balance) VALUES (?, ?)", args);
        }
        return rows;
    }

    /**
     * Transfer funds between one account and another.  Handles
     * transaction retries in case of conflict automatically on the
     * backend.
     * @param fromId (int)
     * @param toId (int)
     * @param amount (int)
     * @return The number of updated accounts (int)
     */
    public int transferFunds(int fromId, int toId, int amount) {
            String sFromId = Integer.toString(fromId);
            String sToId = Integer.toString(toId);
            String sAmount = Integer.toString(amount);

            // We have omitted explicit BEGIN/COMMIT statements for
            // brevity.  Individual statements are treated as implicit
            // transactions by CockroachDB (see
            // https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/transactions.html#individual-statements).

            String sqlCode = "UPSERT INTO accounts (id, balance) VALUES" +
                "(?, ((SELECT balance FROM accounts WHERE id = ?) - ?))," +
                "(?, ((SELECT balance FROM accounts WHERE id = ?) + ?))";

            return runSQL(sqlCode, sFromId, sFromId, sAmount, sToId, sToId, sAmount);
    }

    /**
     * Get the account balance for one account.
     *
     * We skip using the retry logic in 'runSQL()' here for the
     * following reasons:
     *
     * 1. Since this is a single read ("SELECT"), we do not expect any
     *    transaction conflicts to handle
     *
     * 2. We need to return the balance as an integer
     *
     * @param id (int)
     * @return balance (int)
     */
    public int getAccountBalance(int id) {
        int balance = 0;

        try (Connection connection = ds.getConnection()) {

                // Check the current balance.
                ResultSet res = connection.createStatement()
                    .executeQuery("SELECT balance FROM accounts WHERE id = "
                                  + id);
                if(!res.next()) {
                    System.out.printf("No users in the table with id %i", id);
                } else {
                    balance = res.getInt("balance");
                }
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            System.out.printf("BasicExampleDAO.getAccountBalance ERROR: { state => %s, cause => %s, message => %s }\n",
                              e.getSQLState(), e.getCause(), e.getMessage());
        }

        return balance;
    }

    /**
     * Insert randomized account data (ID, balance) using the JDBC
     * fast path for bulk inserts.  The fastest way to get data into
     * CockroachDB is the IMPORT statement.  However, if you must bulk
     * ingest from the application using INSERT statements, the best
     * option is the method shown here. It will require the following:
     *
     * 1. Add `rewriteBatchedInserts=true` to your JDBC connection
     *    settings (see the connection info in 'BasicExample.main').
     *
     * 2. Inserting in batches of 128 rows, as used inside this method
     *    (see BATCH_SIZE), since the PGJDBC driver's logic works best
     *    with powers of two, such that a batch of size 128 can be 6x
     *    faster than a batch of size 250.
     * @return The number of new accounts inserted (int)
     */
    public int bulkInsertRandomAccountData() {

        Random random = new Random();
        int BATCH_SIZE = 128;
        int totalNewAccounts = 0;

        try (Connection connection = ds.getConnection()) {

            // We're managing the commit lifecycle ourselves so we can
            // control the size of our batch inserts.
            connection.setAutoCommit(false);

            // In this example we are adding 500 rows to the database,
            // but it could be any number.  What's important is that
            // the batch size is 128.
            try (PreparedStatement pstmt = connection.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO accounts (id, balance) VALUES (?, ?)")) {
                for (int i=0; i<=(500/BATCH_SIZE);i++) {
                    for (int j=0; j<BATCH_SIZE; j++) {
                        int id = random.nextInt(1000000000);
                        int balance = random.nextInt(1000000000);
                        pstmt.setInt(1, id);
                        pstmt.setInt(2, balance);
                        pstmt.addBatch();
                    }
                    int[] count = pstmt.executeBatch();
                    totalNewAccounts += count.length;
                    System.out.printf("\nBasicExampleDAO.bulkInsertRandomAccountData:\n    '%s'\n", pstmt.toString());
                    System.out.printf("    => %s row(s) updated in this batch\n", count.length);
                }
                connection.commit();
            } catch (SQLException e) {
                System.out.printf("BasicExampleDAO.bulkInsertRandomAccountData ERROR: { state => %s, cause => %s, message => %s }\n",
                                  e.getSQLState(), e.getCause(), e.getMessage());
            }
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            System.out.printf("BasicExampleDAO.bulkInsertRandomAccountData ERROR: { state => %s, cause => %s, message => %s }\n",
                              e.getSQLState(), e.getCause(), e.getMessage());
        }
        return totalNewAccounts;
    }

    /**
     * Read out a subset of accounts from the data store.
     *
     * @param limit (int)
     * @return Number of accounts read (int)
     */
    public int readAccounts(int limit) {
        return runSQL("SELECT id, balance FROM accounts LIMIT ?", Integer.toString(limit));
    }

    /**
     * Perform any necessary cleanup of the data store so it can be
     * used again.
     */
    public void tearDown() {
        runSQL("DROP TABLE accounts;");
    }
}