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GetDBInfo.javaAPI DocExample4943Sat Jun 02 02:41:30 BST 2001None

GetDBInfo

public class GetDBInfo extends Object
This class uses the DatabaseMetaData class to obtain information about the database, the JDBC driver, and the tables in the database, or about the columns of a named table.

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public static voidmain(java.lang.String[] args)

    Connection c = null;  // The JDBC connection to the database server
    try {
      // Look for the properties file DB.props in the same directory as
      // this program.  It will contain default values for the various
      // parameters needed to connect to a database
      Properties p = new Properties();
      try { p.load(GetDBInfo.class.getResourceAsStream("DB.props")); }
      catch (Exception e) {}
      
      // Get default values from the properties file
      String driver = p.getProperty("driver");          // Name of driver class
      String server = p.getProperty("server", "");      // JDBC URL for server
      String user = p.getProperty("user", "");          // db user name
      String password = p.getProperty("password", "");  // db account password

      // These variables don't have defaults
      String database = null;   // The db name (to be appended to server URL)
      String table = null;      // The optional name of a table in the db
      
      // Parse the command-line arguments to override the default values above
      for(int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
        if (args[i].equals("-d")) driver = args[++i];        // -d <driver>
        else if (args[i].equals("-s")) server = args[++i];   // -s <server>
        else if (args[i].equals("-u")) user = args[++i];     // -u <user>
        else if (args[i].equals("-p")) password = args[++i]; // -p <password>
        else if (database == null) database = args[i];       // <dbname>
        else if (table == null) table = args[i];             // <tablename>
        else throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown argument: "+args[i]);
      }

      // Make sure that at least a server or a database were specified. 
      // If not, we have no idea what to connect to, and cannot continue.
      if ((server.length() == 0) && (database.length() == 0))
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("No database or server specified.");

      // Load the db driver, if any was specified.
      if (driver != null) Class.forName(driver);
      
      // Now attempt to open a connection to the specified database on
      // the specified server, using the specified name and password
      c = DriverManager.getConnection(server+database, user, password);

      // Get the DatabaseMetaData object for the connection.  This is the
      // object that will return us all the data we're interested in here.
      DatabaseMetaData md = c.getMetaData();

      // Display information about the server, the driver, etc.
      System.out.println("DBMS: " + md.getDatabaseProductName() + 
                         " " + md.getDatabaseProductVersion());
      System.out.println("JDBC Driver: " + md.getDriverName() + 
                         " " + md.getDriverVersion());
      System.out.println("Database: " + md.getURL());
      System.out.println("User: " + md.getUserName());

      // Now, if the user did not specify a table, then display a list of
      // all tables defined in the named database.  Note that tables are
      // returned in a ResultSet, just like query results are.
      if (table == null) {
        System.out.println("Tables:");
        ResultSet r = md.getTables("", "", "%", null);
        while(r.next()) System.out.println("\t" + r.getString(3));
      }
      // Otherwise, list all columns of the specified table.
      // Again, information about the columns is returned in a ResultSet
      else {
        System.out.println("Columns of " + table + ": ");
        ResultSet r = md.getColumns("", "", table, "%");
        while(r.next()) 
          System.out.println("\t" + r.getString(4) + " : " + r.getString(6));
      }
    }
    // Print an error message if anything goes wrong.
    catch (Exception e) {
      System.err.println(e);
      if (e instanceof SQLException)
        System.err.println(((SQLException)e).getSQLState());
      System.err.println("Usage: java GetDBInfo [-d <driver] [-s <dbserver>]\n"
                         + "\t[-u <username>] [-p <password>] <dbname>");
    }
    // Always remember to close the Connection object when we're done!
    finally { 
      try { c.close(); } catch (Exception e) {}
    }