How to check that a ResultSet contains a specifically named field?

Question

Having rs, an instance of java.sql.ResultSet, how to check that it contains a column named \"theColumn\"?

Answer 1

Try using the method ResultSet#findColumn(String)

private boolean isThere(ResultSet rs, String column)
{
  try
  {
    rs.findColumn(column);
    return true;
  } catch (SQLException sqlex)
  {
    logger.debug("column doesn't exist {}", column);
  }
  return false;
}