You can write a stored procedure in the database which queries the meta data
and
returns all the tables in a array. For example in oracle you can use
'select table_name from all_tables' in your stored procedure.
You could also use this directly from JDBC by connecting as admin user.
----- Original Message -----
From: Shawn Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 7:15 PM
Subject: enumerating tables names in a database
> Hi all,
> Do you know if there's a way to enumerate table names in a database?
>
> I figure, I can try the follwoing assuming an Connection (conn) object has
> been successfully obtained.
>
> ========================================
> String catalog=null,
> schemaPattern=null,
> tableNamePattern="%",
> types=null;
>
> DatabaseMetaData dbMD = conn.getMetaData();
> ResultSet rs = getTables(catalog,
> schemaPattern,
> tableNamePattern,
> types);
>
> ==========================================
>
> Will the above work? If so, is there a better way to achieve the same
goal?
>
>
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