Java tutorial
import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData; import java.sql.Statement; public class ResultSetMetaDataExample { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"); Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:Inventory", "", ""); Statement stmt = con.createStatement(); boolean notDone = true; String sqlStr = null; BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); while (notDone) { sqlStr = br.readLine(); if (sqlStr.startsWith("SELECT") || sqlStr.startsWith("select")) { ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sqlStr); ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData(); int columnCount = rsmd.getColumnCount(); for (int x = 1; x <= columnCount; x++) { String columnName = rsmd.getColumnName(x); System.out.print(columnName); } while (rs.next()) { for (int x = 1; x <= columnCount; x++) { if (rsmd.getColumnTypeName(x).compareTo("CURRENCY") == 0) System.out.print("$"); String resultStr = rs.getString(x); System.out.print(resultStr + "\t"); } } } else if (sqlStr.startsWith("exit")) notDone = false; } stmt.close(); con.close(); } }