import java.sql.*; import java.io.*; class dbmeta { // Note: This class is called meta2 in the book public static void main (String args []) throws SQLException, IOException { try { Class.forName ("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver"); } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { System.out.println ("Could not load the driver"); } String user, pass; user = readEntry("userid : "); pass = readEntry("password: "); Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection( "jdbc:oracle:oci7:"+user+"/"+pass); DatabaseMetaData dmd = conn.getMetaData(); System.out.println("Database Product Name = " + dmd.getDatabaseProductName()); System.out.println("JDBC Driver Name = " + dmd.getDriverName()); System.out.println("Tables starting with C in schema BOOK are:"); ResultSet rset = dmd.getTables(null,"BOOK","C%",null); while (rset.next()) { System.out.println(rset.getString(3)); // print table name } int n = dmd.getMaxColumnsInTable(); System.out.println("Maximum number of columns allowed in a table = " + n); conn.close(); } //readEntry function -- to read input string static String readEntry(String prompt) { try { StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(); System.out.print(prompt); System.out.flush(); int c = System.in.read(); while(c != '\n' && c != -1) { buffer.append((char)c); c = System.in.read(); } return buffer.toString().trim(); } catch (IOException e) { return ""; } } }