JDBC - Data Dictionary

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A Connection's database is able to provide information describing:

• its tables,
• its supported SQL grammar,
• its stored procedures,
• the capabilities of this connection, and so on.

This information is obtained with the getMetaData method of a connection. See DatabaseMetaData object.

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Features

If a DatabaseMetaData method indicates that a given feature is supported.

For example, if a JDBC API implementation supports the RowSet interface, it must also implement the RowSetMetaData interface.

Example

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jdbc/getstart/SimpleSelect.doc.html