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 { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Connection conn = getConnection(); Statement st = conn.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE, ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE); st.executeUpdate("create table survey (id int,name varchar(30));"); st.executeUpdate("insert into survey (id,name ) values (1,'nameValue')"); st.executeUpdate("insert into survey (id,name ) values (2,null)"); st.executeUpdate("insert into survey (id,name ) values (3,'Tom')"); st = conn.createStatement(); ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM survey"); ResultSetMetaData rsMetaData = rs.getMetaData(); int numberOfColumns = rsMetaData.getColumnCount(); // get the column names; column indexes start from 1 for (int i = 1; i < numberOfColumns + 1; i++) { String columnName = rsMetaData.getColumnName(i); String tableName = rsMetaData.getTableName(i); System.out.println(columnName); System.out.println(tableName); } rs.close(); st.close(); conn.close(); } private static Connection getConnection() throws Exception { Class.forName("org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver"); String url = "jdbc:hsqldb:mem:data/tutorial"; return DriverManager.getConnection(url, "sa", ""); } }