MOhan

• Jan 4th, 2006

 

When we need to know the details of the database Server

Deepa

• Jan 12th, 2006

 

ResultsetMetaData returns you the types and the properties of the columns in the Resultset object whereas DatabaseMetaData returns the information about the database as a whole.

ashok

• Mar 21st, 2006

 

If u want to make ur application as idenpendent of the database tables,then

u can dynamically retreive the information about the database using the DatabaseMetaData and can retrieve information about the tables in the database using the ResultSetMetaData 

Gandharv

• May 1st, 2006

 

ResultSetMetaData interface is used to find out the types and properties of the column in the ResultSet whereas DatabaseMetaData interface provides comprehensive information about the database as a whole.