Hi
This basic example comes direct from "Java How To Program - Third Edition" by Deitel & Deitel. It doesn't use the TableModel constructor for JTable, it uses the overloaded version which takes 2 Vectors as arguments. It is written to access a simple MS Access database called "books" using the JDBC-ODBC bridge. All
you should need to do is to change the database/connection/table details, the logic should be the same. Instead of the hardcoded query, just make the getTable() method take a
String param that you get from the user.
I would normally have e-mailed this to you rather than posting it here, but your e-mail address does not seem to be available.
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// Fig. 18.24: TableDisplay.java
// This program displays the contents of the Authors table
// in the Books database.
import java.sql.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.*;
public class TableDisplay extends JFrame {
private Connection connection;
private JTable table;
public TableDisplay()
{
// The URL specifying the Books database to which
// this program connects using
JDBC to connect to a
// Microsoft ODBC database.
String url = "jdbc
dbc:Books";
String username = "anonymous";
String password = "guest";
// Load the driver to allow connection to the database
try {
Class.forName( "sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver" );
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(
url, username, password );
}
catch ( ClassNotFoundException cnfex ) {
System.err.println(
"Failed to load JDBC/ODBC driver." );
cnfex.printStackTrace();
System.exit( 1 ); // terminate program
}
catch ( SQLException sqlex ) {
System.err.println( "Unable to connect" );
sqlex.printStackTrace();
}
getTable();
setSize( 450, 150 );
show();
}
private void getTable()
{
Statement statement;
ResultSet resultSet;
try {
String query = "SELECT * FROM Authors";
statement = connection.createStatement();
resultSet = statement.executeQuery( query );
displayResultSet( resultSet );
statement.close();
}
catch ( SQLException sqlex ) {
sqlex.printStackTrace();
}
}
private void displayResultSet( ResultSet rs )
throws SQLException
{
// position to first record
boolean moreRecords = rs.next();
// If there are no records, display a message
if ( ! moreRecords ) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( this,
"ResultSet contained no records" );
setTitle( "No records to display" );
return;
}
setTitle( "Authors table from Books" );
Vector columnHeads = new Vector();
Vector rows = new Vector();
try {
// get column heads
ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData();
for ( int i = 1; i <= rsmd.getColumnCount(); ++i )
columnHeads.addElement( rsmd.getColumnName( i ) );
// get row data
do {
rows.addElement( getNextRow( rs, rsmd ) );
} while ( rs.next() );
// display table with ResultSet contents
table = new JTable( rows, columnHeads );
JScrollPane scroller = new JScrollPane( table );
getContentPane().add(
scroller, BorderLayout.CENTER );
validate();
}
catch ( SQLException sqlex ) {
sqlex.printStackTrace();
}
}
private Vector getNextRow( ResultSet rs,
ResultSetMetaData rsmd )
throws SQLException
{
Vector currentRow = new Vector();
for ( int i = 1; i <= rsmd.getColumnCount(); ++i )
switch( rsmd.getColumnType( i ) ) {
case Types.VARCHAR:
currentRow.addElement( rs.getString( i ) );
break;
case Types.INTEGER:
currentRow.addElement(
new Long( rs.getLong( i ) ) );
break;
default:
System.out.println( "Type was: " +
rsmd.getColumnTypeName( i ) );
}
return currentRow;
}
public void shutDown()
{
try {
connection.close();
}
catch ( SQLException sqlex ) {
System.err.println( "Unable to disconnect" );
sqlex.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void main( String args[] )
{
final TableDisplay app = new TableDisplay();
app.addWindowListener(
new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e )
{
app.shutDown();
System.exit( 0 );
}
}
);
}
}
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Hope this helps
Michael
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[This message has been edited by Michael Fitzmaurice (edited September 17, 2001).]
