Java tutorial
import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"); ResultSet rs = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:employee_xls").createStatement() .executeQuery("Select * from [Sheet1$]"); ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData(); int numberOfColumns = rsmd.getColumnCount(); System.out.println("No of cols " + numberOfColumns); while (rs.next()) { for (int i = 1; i <= numberOfColumns; i++) { String columnValue = rs.getString(i); System.out.println(columnValue); } } rs.close(); } }