Java tutorial
import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData; import java.sql.Statement; public class Main { private static final String DRIVER = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"; private static final String URL = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/testdb"; private static final String USERNAME = "root"; private static final String PASSWORD = ""; public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Class.forName(DRIVER); Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(URL, USERNAME, PASSWORD); Statement statement = connection.createStatement(); String query = "SELECT a.id, a.username, a.country_id, b.country_name " + "FROM users a " + "LEFT JOIN countries b ON a.country_id = b.id"; ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery(query); ResultSetMetaData metadata = resultSet.getMetaData(); String tableName = metadata.getTableName(1); System.out.println("Table name of column 'id' = " + tableName); tableName = metadata.getTableName(4); System.out.println("Table name of column 'country name' = " + tableName); } }