--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/m-toolbox/classes/+utils/@mysql/execute.m	Mon Dec 05 16:20:06 2011 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+function varargout = execute(conn, query, varargin)
+% EXECUTE Execute the given QUERY with optional parameters VARARGIN
+% substituted for the '?' placeholders through connection CONN. In the
+% case of data manupulation queries returns the update count. In case
+% of data retrival queries returns a 2D cell array with the query
+% results and optionally a cell array with column names.
+%
+% CALL:
+%
+%          [rows] = utils.mysql.execute(conn, query, varargin)
+%   [rows, names] = utils.mysql.execute(conn, query, varargin)
+%
+% PARAMETERS:
+%
+%      conn -  an object implementing the java.sql.Connection interface
+%     query -  SQL query string. ? are substituted with PARAMS values
+%  varargin -  query parameters
+%
+% RETURNS:
+%
+%      rows -  update count in the case of data manipulation queries
+%              or 2D cell array with query resutls in the case of
+%              data retrival queries
+%     names -  names of the columns in the result set
+%
+
+  % check parameters
+  if nargin < 2
+    error('### incorrect usage');
+  end
+  if ~isa(conn, 'java.sql.Connection')
+    error('### invalid connection');
+  end
+
+  % build query
+  stmt = conn.prepareStatement(query);
+  for kk = 1:numel(varargin)
+    stmt.setObject(kk, matlab2sql(varargin{kk}));
+  end
+
+  % execute query
+  rv = stmt.execute();
+
+  switch rv
+    case 0
+      % we have an update count
+      varargout{1} = stmt.getUpdateCount();
+    case 1
+      % we have a result set
+      rs = stmt.getResultSet();
+
+      % get results into a cell array
+      md = rs.getMetaData();
+      nc = md.getColumnCount();
+      row = 1;
+      rows = {};
+      while rs.next()
+        for kk = 1:nc
+          % convert to matlab objects
+          rows{row, kk} = java2matlab(rs.getObject(kk));
+        end
+        row = row + 1;
+      end
+
+      % get column names
+      names = cell(1, nc);
+      for kk = 1:nc
+        names{kk} = char(md.getColumnName(kk));
+      end
+
+      % assign output
+      switch nargout
+        case 0
+          varargout{1} = rows;
+        case 1
+          varargout{1} = rows;
+        case 2
+          varargout{1} = names;
+          varargout{2} = rows;
+        otherwise
+          error('### too many output arguments');
+      end
+
+    otherwise
+      erorr('### error');
+  end
+end
+
+
+function val = matlab2sql(val)
+  switch class(val)
+    case 'char'
+      % matlab converts length one strings to the wrong java type
+      val = java.lang.String(val);
+    case 'time'
+      % convert time objects to strings
+      val = val.format('yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS', 'UTC');
+  end
+end
+
+
+function val = java2matlab(val)
+  % matlab converts all base types. just add a conversion for datetime columns
+  switch class(val)
+    case 'java.sql.Timestamp'
+      val = time(plist('time', char(val), 'timezone', 'UTC'));
+  end
+end

--- a/m-toolbox/classes/+utils/@mysql/mysql.m	Mon Dec 05 16:20:06 2011 +0100
+++ b/m-toolbox/classes/+utils/@mysql/mysql.m	Mon Dec 05 16:20:06 2011 +0100
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
   methods (Static)
 
-    conn = connect(hostname, database, username, password)
+    conn = connect(hostname, database, username, password);
+    varargout = execute(conn, query, varargin);
 
   end % static methods