Java tutorial
import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.ResultSet; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Connection conn = getHSQLConnection(); DatabaseMetaData dbmd = conn.getMetaData(); ResultSet rs = dbmd.getTypeInfo(); while (rs.next()) { String typeName = rs.getString("TYPE_NAME"); short dataType = rs.getShort("DATA_TYPE"); String createParams = rs.getString("CREATE_PARAMS"); int nullable = rs.getInt("NULLABLE"); boolean caseSensitive = rs.getBoolean("CASE_SENSITIVE"); System.out.println("DBMS type " + typeName + ":"); System.out.println(" java.sql.Types: " + dataType); System.out.print(" parameters used to create: "); System.out.println(createParams); System.out.println(" nullable?: " + nullable); System.out.print(" case sensitive?: "); System.out.println(caseSensitive); System.out.println(""); } conn.close(); } private static Connection getHSQLConnection() throws Exception { Class.forName("org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver"); String url = "jdbc:hsqldb:data/tutorial"; return DriverManager.getConnection(url, "sa", ""); } }