Example: Use the Statement object's executeUpdate method

import java.sql.*;
import java.util.Properties;

public class StatementExample {

    public static void main(java.lang.String[] args) 
    {

        // Suggestion:  Load these from a properties object.
        String DRIVER = "com.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2Driver";
        String URL    = "jdbc:db2://*local";

        // Register the native JDBC driver. If the driver cannot be
        // registered, the test cannot continue.
        try {
            Class.forName(DRIVER);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Driver failed to register.");
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            System.exit(1);
        }

        Connection c = null;
        Statement s = null;

        try {
            // Create the connection properties.
            Properties properties = new Properties ();
            properties.put ("user", "userid");
            properties.put ("password", "password");

            // Connect to the local iSeries database.
            c = DriverManager.getConnection(URL, properties);

            // Create a Statement object.
            s = c.createStatement();
            // Delete the test table if it exists. Note: This 
            // example assumes that the collection MYLIBRARY
            // exists on the system.
            try {
                s.executeUpdate("DROP TABLE MYLIBRARY.MYTABLE");
            } catch (SQLException e) {
                // Just continue... the table probably does not exist.  
            }

            // Run an SQL statement that creates a table in the database.
            s.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE MYLIBRARY.MYTABLE (NAME VARCHAR(20), ID INTEGER)");

            // Run some SQL statements that insert records into the table.
            s.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO MYLIBRARY.MYTABLE (NAME, ID) VALUES ('RICH', 123)");
            s.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO MYLIBRARY.MYTABLE (NAME, ID) VALUES ('FRED', 456)");
            s.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO MYLIBRARY.MYTABLE (NAME, ID) VALUES ('MARK', 789)");

            // Run an SQL query on the table.
            ResultSet rs = s.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM MYLIBRARY.MYTABLE");

            // Display all the data in the table.
            while (rs.next()) {
                System.out.println("Employee " + rs.getString(1) + " has ID " + rs.getInt(2));
            }

        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
            System.out.println("Database processing has failed.");
            System.out.println("Reason: " + sqle.getMessage());
        } finally {
            // Close database resources
            try {
                if (s != null) {
                    s.close();
                }
            } catch (SQLException e) {
                System.out.println("Cleanup failed to close Statement.");
            }
             }

            try {
                if (c != null) {
                    c.close();
                }
            } catch (SQLException e) {
                System.out.println("Cleanup failed to close Connection.");
            }
        }
    }
}