getTableTypes Method (SQLServerDatabaseMetaData)

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11/18/2022

Retrieves the table types that are available in the current database.

Syntax

  
public java.sql.ResultSet getTableTypes()

Return Value

A SQLServerResultSet object.

Exceptions

SQLServerException

Remarks

This getTableTypes method is specified by the getTableTypes method in the java.sql.DatabaseMetaData interface.

The result set returned by the getTableTypes method will contain the following information:

Name	Type	Description
TABLE_TYPE	String	The table type.

Note

For more information about the data returned by the getTableTypes method, see "sp_tables (Transact-SQL)" in SQL Server Books Online.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to use the getTableTypes method to return the table type information in the AdventureWorks2022 sample database, given that the database is specified in the connection String.

public static void executeGetTableTypes(Connection con) {  
   try {  
      DatabaseMetaData dbmd = con.getMetaData();  
      ResultSet rs = dbmd.getTableTypes();  
      ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData();  
  
      // Display the result set data.  
      int cols = rsmd.getColumnCount();  
      while(rs.next()) {  
         for (int i = 1; i <= cols; i++) {  
            System.out.println(rs.getString(i));  
         }  
      }  
      rs.close();  
   }   
  
   catch (Exception e) {  
      e.printStackTrace();  
   }  
}