question: public int executeUpdate ( String sql ) throws GenericDataSourceException { Statement stmt = null ; try { stmt = _connection . createStatement ( ) ; return stmt . executeUpdate ( sql ) ; } catch ( SQLException sqle ) { throw new GenericDataSourceException ( "SQL Exception while executing the following:" + _sql , sqle ) ; } finally { if ( stmt != null ) { try { stmt . close ( ) ; } catch ( SQLException sqle ) { Debug . logWarning ( "Unable to close 'statement': " + sqle . getMessage ( ) , module ) ; } } } }
target:  Execute update based on the SQL statement given