o.k. third try, this time without the code tag:
try {
stmt = l.dbCon.createStatement();
rs = stmt.executeQuery(qry.toString());
ResultSetMetaData rsmd= rs.getMetaData();
int numberofcolumns = rsmd.getColumnCount();
while(rs.next()){
for (int i =1; i<= numberofcolumns; i++ ){
String columnlabel = rsmd.getColumnLabel(i);
String columnname = rsmd.getColumnName(i);
out.println("<tr>");
out.println("<td >
" + columnlabel + "");
out.println("</td>");
out.println("<td >");
out.println("<input type='text' name='"+ columnname +"' size='25'>");
out.println("</td>");
out.println("</tr>");
}
}
}