RE: Source Evaluation?

["Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On a seperate note:
> In the getFileName.java, you wouldn't want to execute
> select * just to get the name of the columns. That's perhaps
> overkill depending on the driver and its row blocking, and
> where on the network you are related to your database,
> the executeQuery() may pull lots of data across the wire.
> Your mileage may vary.
> You could select the column names from the SQL system tables.
> In JDBC 2.0, you wouldn't have to actually execute the query in
> getFile(), but could use PreparedStatement.getMetaData().
> 

That was one of my concerns.  Although, I still am not quite sure what I
should do instead.  Any hints?  Also, how do I check my JDBC version?

Brad
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