// can be called at most once
StringBuffer out = new StringBuffer();
// Uncomment the following line to display the SQL command at start of table
// out.append("Results of SQL Statement: " + sql + "<P>\n");
try {
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
if (stmt.execute(sql)) {
// There's a ResultSet to be had
ResultSet rs = stmt.getResultSet();
out.append("<TABLE>\n");
ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData();
int numcols = rsmd.getColumnCount();
// Title the table with the result set's column labels
out.append("<TR>");
for (int i = 1; i <= numcols; i++)
out.append("<TH>" + rsmd.getColumnLabel(i));
out.append("</TR>\n");
while(rs.next()) {
out.append("<TR>"); // start a new row
for(int i = 1; i <= numcols; i++) {
out.append("<TD>"); // start a new data element
Object obj = rs.getObject(i);
if (obj != null)
out.append(obj.toString());
else
out.append(" ");
}
out.append("</TR>\n");
}
// End the table
out.append("</TABLE>\n");
}
else {
// There's a count to be had
out.append("<B>Records Affected:</B> " + stmt.getUpdateCount());
}
}
catch (SQLException e) {
out.append("</TABLE><H1>ERROR:</H1> " + e.getMessage());
}
return out.toString();
