Question

I can successfully connect to an oracle database and print out the list of all table names using the getAllTableNames() method.

My next Idea is to filter specific tables and display all of their columns.

I am running this query at the moment (I am including the entire method.)

static void getLengths(){
String query = "SELECT column_name from user_tab_columns where table_name = '<MytableName>'"

try{
ResultSet rs = db.runQuery(query);
System.out.println(rs):
} catch (Exception ex) {
System.out.println(ex);
//Seems to be successful
}
} //End of Method

In the System.out Window I am receiving this which makes me think I just need to view my result set somehow?

oracle.jdbc.driver.DcrollableResultSet@(different number everytime I run code)

Is my result set hiding somewhere? What is the best way to go about viewing it?

Answer 1

System.out.println(rs) just prints out the class name and handle of the ResultSet object. This is pretty useless.

You need to loop through the result set and read the appropriate fields. Generally you write something like:

ResultSet rs=db.runQuery(query) // I don't know where this function is coming from, but okay
while (rs.next())
{
  String myColumn=rs.getString("column_name");
  System.out.println(myColumn);
}
rs.close();

You might want to read up on JDBC in general, and look at the Java Docs for Connection, Statement, and ResultSet.