Statement.executeUpdate
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 public abstract int executeUpdate( String sql ) throws SQLException
Parameters
-  sql 
-  a SQL INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE statement or a SQL
 statement that returns nothing
    
Returns
     either the row count for INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE or 0
 for SQL statements that return nothing
    Description
 Execute a SQL INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE statement. In addition,
 SQL statements that return nothing such as SQL DDL statements
 can be executed.
  
Exceptions
 SQLException
     if a database-access error occurs.