Get data types supported by database in Java
Description
The following code shows how to get data types supported by database.
Example
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
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public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Connection connection = getConnection();
DatabaseMetaData metadata = connection.getMetaData();
ResultSet resultSet = metadata.getTypeInfo();
while (resultSet.next()) {
String typeName = resultSet.getString("TYPE_NAME");
System.out.println("Type Name = " + typeName);
}
resultSet.close();
connection.close();
}
private static Connection getConnection() throws Exception {
Class.forName("org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver");
String url = "jdbc:hsqldb:mem:data/tutorial";
return DriverManager.getConnection(url, "sa", "");
}
}