Sometimes I can see pure Statement declaration for accessing SQL databases
others use preparedStatements.
What is the difference?
Ken

hi,
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As well known I can retrieve the column names by a java code similar to the one below.
But how do I put the column names into the database which I retrieve later?
There is no function like putColumnName()
ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData();

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Sorry for this newbie question:
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SQL CODE

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