int executeUpdate()
Execute an update or delete statement.
- Return:
- the number of entities updated or deleted
- Throws:
- IllegalStateException - if called for a Java Persistence query language SELECT statement or for a criteria query
- TransactionRequiredException - if there is no transaction or the persistence context has not been joined to the transaction
- QueryTimeoutException - if the statement execution exceeds the query timeout value set and only the statement is rolled back
- PersistenceException - if the query execution exceeds the query timeout value set and the transaction is rolled back
- TransactionRequiredException - if there is no transaction or the persistence context has not been joined to the transaction
- Since:
- JPA 1.0