I’ve been writing a java app on my machine and it works perfectly using the DB I set up, but when I install it on site it blows up because the DB is slightly different.
So I’m in the process of writing some code to verify that:
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A: I’ve got the DB details correct
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B: The database has all the Tables I expect and they have the right columns.
I’ve got A down but I’ve got no idea where to start with B, any suggestions?
Target DB is for the current client is Oracle, but the app can be configured to run on SQL Server as well. So a generic solution would be appreciated, but is not nessisary as I’m sure I can figure out how to do one from the other.
You’ll want to query the information_schema of the database, here are some examples for Oracle, every platform I am aware of has something similar.
http://www.alberton.info/oracle_meta_info.html