Re: How to discern a reference column from within java??

David,

Have a look at the getImported, getExported in the databasemetadata
class

Dave
On Sun, 2002-06-09 at 13:51, David A. Bartmess wrote:
> 
> I am trying to figure out how to discern a reference column (as shown
> below) inside a java object containing the various columns in a specific
> row of a table.
> 
> The table looks like:
> 
> CREATE TABLE TempTbl AS
> (
> 	id	serial,
> 	type	int references TypesTbl
> );
> 
> But I cannot find a way inside the jdbc API to figure out if a
> particular column is a reference to another table's row. Such as:
> 
> // These are examples of possible code
> TempTbl tmptbl = new TempTbl();
> tmptbl.connect();
> tmptbl.readRow();
> 
> ...
> if (tmptbl.getColumn("type").isReference())
> {
> 	TypesTbl typestbl = new TypesTbl();
> 	tmptbl.setColumn("type",
> 		typestbl.getRowRef(tmptbl.getColumn("type"));
> }
> 
> Am I missing something in the API? 
> 
> Thanks for any help!
> -- 
> David A. Bartmess
> Software Configuration Manager / Sr. Software Developer
> eDingo Enterprises
> http://edingo.net
> 
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