Example: ParameterMetaData

This is an example of using the ParameterMetaData interface to retrieve information about parameters.

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//
// ParameterMetaData example. This program demonstrates
// the new support of JDBC 3.0 for learning information
// about parameters to a PreparedStatement.
//
// Command syntax:
//    java PMD 
//
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import java.sql.*;

public class PMD {

    // Program entry point.
    public static void main(java.lang.String[] args) 
    throws Exception
    {
        // Obtain setup.
        Class.forName("com.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2Driver");
        Connection c = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:db2:*local");
        PreparedStatement ps = c.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO CUJOSQL.MYTABLE VALUES(?, ?, ?)");
        ParameterMetaData pmd = ps.getParameterMetaData();

        for (int i = 1; i < pmd.getParameterCount(); i++) {
            System.out.println("Parameter number " + i);
            System.out.println("  Class name is " + pmd.getParameterClassName(i));
            // Note: Mode relates to input, output or inout
            System.out.println("  Mode is " + pmd.getParameterClassName(i));
            System.out.println("  Type is " + pmd.getParameterType(i));
            System.out.println("  Type name is " + pmd.getParameterTypeName(i));
            System.out.println("  Precision is " + pmd.getPrecision(i));
            System.out.println("  Scale is " + pmd.getScale(i));
            System.out.println("  Nullable? is " + pmd.isNullable(i));
            System.out.println("  Signed? is " + pmd.isSigned(i));
        }
    }
}
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