code: public static void execSQL(Connection connection, String sql) {
  		Statement statement = null;
  		try {
  			statement = connection.createStatement();
  			statement.execute(sql);
  		} catch (SQLException e) {
  			throw new GeoPackageException("Failed to execute SQL statement: "
  					+ sql, e);
  		} finally {
  			closeStatement(statement, sql);
  		}
  
  	}
docs: Execute the SQL
  
  @param connection
  connection
  @param sql
  sql statement