I am new to java.io.* classes, and have a situation where I can't make a
copy of my binary files. Txt are being copied with no trouble but when it
comes to binaries i guess I am missing something since their structured is
changed and are not read by an application correctry (Word, ...

Is there simple code to copy a table from one database to another.
The code I have now, does a get and then a insert for every record.
O(2*n) operation.
I am using jdbc(v2.0?)

I have been trying to read a simple MSAccess database and show
the records on screen but no success so far.
I  have created a DSN (Data Source Name) in my Win 2k box
and the connection goes ok.

I'm trying to use connection pooling (ala PooledConnection) with Tomcat4 and
MySQL. Is there a DataAccess (object/module?) that will work with mysql? Any
quick tutorial that shows how to do this and where to download the needed
items?

I need to select an embedded Java db for use in my company's Java
client.
We are looking for a well-supported, JDBC complient, completely
transparent embedded database.

Does anybody knows how can i use Crystal Reports with Java and MySQL in
standalone applications without the need to use RAS from Crystal?
Thanks in advance,
Paulo Cruz

I use a CallableStatement to run my stored procedure, and I would like
to retrive the columns name of the result.
So I try to use the getMetaData method of my CallableStatement, but it
returns me null futhermore than le callablestatement returns data.

Does anybody have samples of how to use JDBC calls to work with a
cursor on Oracle 8i?  Can it even be done?
I'd like to be able to do something like:
String sql = "DECLARE CURSOR my_cursor FOR SELECT name,id FROM

Can someone tell me how to stablish a connection from a c++ application
to an AS/400 server.

Is there a way that can check whether a given database name exists or not ?